Boundary dilemmas in teacher-student relationships: Struggling with "the line"

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 636-646

  Aultman, Lori Price ^a   Williams Johnson, Meca R ^b   Schutz, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Caring; Control; Emotions; Student teacher relationships; Teacher student relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349256863     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Alder N. Interpretations of the meaning of care: creating caring relationships in urban middle school classrooms. Urban Education 37 2 (2002) 241-266
2. Andrzejewski C.E., and Davis H.A. Human contact in the classroom: exploring how teachers talk about and negotiate touching students. Teaching and Teacher Education 24 (2008) 779-794
3. Austin W., Bergum V., Nuttgens S., and Peternelj-Taylor C. A re-visioning of boundaries in professional helping relationships: exploring other metaphors. Ethics & Behavior 16 2 (2006) 77-94
4. Barnett J.E., Lazarus A.A., Vasquez M.T., Moorehead-Slaughter O., and Johnson W.B. Focus on ethics. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 38 4 (2007) 401-410
5. Barrett D.E., Headley K.N., Stovall B., and Witte J.C. Teachers' perceptions of the frequency and seriousness of violations of ethical standards. The Journal of Psychology 140 5 (2006) 421-433
6. Birch S.H., and Ladd G.W. Interpersonal relationships in the school environment and children's early school adjustment: the role of teachers and peers. In: Juvonen J., and Wentzel K. (Eds). Social motivation: Understanding children's school adjustment (1996), Cambridge University Press, New York
7. Carr D. Personal and interpersonal relationships in education and teaching: a virtual ethical perspective. British Journal of Educational Studies 53 3 (2005) 255-271
8. Cothran D.J., and Ennis C.D. Students' and teachers' perceptions of conflict and power. Teaching and Teacher Education 13 5 (1997) 541-553
9. Davis H.A. Conceptualizing the role and influence of student-teacher relationships on children's social and cognitive development. Educational Psychologist 38 4 (2003) 207-234
10. Day C., Stobart G., Sammons P., and Kington A. Variations in the work and lives of teachers: relative and relational effectiveness. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice 12 2 (2006) 169-192
11. Goldstein L.S. The relational zone: the role of caring relationships in the co-construction of mind. American Educational Research Journal 36 3 (1999) 647-673
12. Gomez M.L., Allen A., and Clinton K. Cultural models of care in teaching: a case study of one pre-service secondary teacher. Teaching and Teacher Education 20 (2004) 473-488
13. Graham E.E., West R., and Schaller K.A. The association between the relational teaching approach and teacher job satisfaction. Communication Reports 5 1 (1992) 11-22
14. Groenewald T. A phenomenological research design illustrated. Article 4. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 3 1 (2004). http://www.ulaberta.ca/∼iiqm/backissues/3_1/html/pdf/groenewald.pdf Accessed January 2008
15. Hargreaves A. The emotional practice of teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education 14 8 (1998) 835-854
16. Hargreaves A. Mixed emotions: teachers' perceptions of their interactions with students. Teaching and Teacher Education 16 (2000) 811-826
17. Hargreaves A. Emotional geographies of teaching. Teachers College Record 103 6 (2001) 1056-1080
18. Hochschild A.R. The managed heart: Commercialization of human feeling (1983), University of California Press, Berkley
19. Holmes D.L., Rupert P.A., Ross S.A., and Shapera W.E. Student perceptions of dual relationships between faculty and students. Ethics & Behavior 9 2 (1999) 79-107
20. Isenbarger L., and Zembylas M. The emotional labour of caring in teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education 22 (2006) 120-134
21. LeCompte M.D., and Preissle J. Analysis and interpretation of qualitative data. Ethnography and qualitative design in educational research (1993), Academic Press, New York
22. Lomax J.W. Building the foundation. Psychiatry 70 3 (2007) 209-214
23. Marlowe M. Torey Hayden's teacher lore: a pedagogy of caring. Journal of Education for Teaching 32 1 (2006) 93-103
24. de Marrais K. Qualitative interview studies: learning through experience. In: deMarrais K., and Lapan S.D. (Eds). Foundations for research (2004), Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ 51-68
25. McBride M.C., and Wahl S.T. To say or not to say: teachers' management of privacy boundaries in the classroom. Texas Speech Communication Journal 30 1 (2005) 8-22
26. McLaughlin H.J. Reconciling care and control: authority in classroom relationships. Journal of Teacher Education 42 3 (1991) 182-195
27. Meyer D., and Turner J.C. Discovering emotion in classroom motivation research. Educational Psychologist 37 2 (2002) 107-114
28. Morton J. Teachers lament lack of money for needed school supplies (August 2007). http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070808/NEWS/708080343/-1/aptheme &theme=1310 Accessed 08.04.08
29. Moustakas C. Phenomenological research methods (1994), Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
30. Muller C., Katz S.R., and Dance L.J. Investing in teaching and learning: dynamics of the teacher-student relationship from each actor's perspective. Urban Education 34 3 (1999) 292-337
31. Newberry M., and Davis H.A. The role of elementary teachers' conceptions of closeness to students on their differential behaviour in the classroom. Teaching and Teacher Education 24 8 (2008) 1965-1985
32. Nieto S. Affirming diversity. 2nd ed. (1996), Longman, New York
33. Noblit G.W. Power and caring. American Educational Research Journal 30 1 (1993) 23-38
34. Noddings N. Caring: A feminine approach to ethics and moral education (1984), University of California Press, Berkley, CA
35. Noddings N. Challenge to care in schools: An alternative approach to education (1992), Teachers College Press, New York
36. Noddings N. Teaching themes of caring. Education Digest 61 3 (1995) 24-28
37. O'Connor K.E. You choose to care: teachers, emotions and professional identity. Teaching and Teacher Education 24 1 (2008) 117-126
38. Patton M.Q. Qualitative research and evaluation methods. 3rd ed. (2002), Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
39. Quinton A. Some teachers spend thousands on their classrooms (February 2006). www.nhpr.org/node Accessed 04.04.08
40. Reamer F.G. Boundary issues in social work: managing dual relationships. Social Work 48 1 (2003) 121-133
41. Rosenberg J. Time to "just say no" to forcing teachers to subsidize our children's classrooms. USA Today (2008). http://officemax.mediaroom.com/docs/OpEdDayMadeBetterRevisedwNEA.doc Accessed 08.04.08
42. Schlechty P.C., and Atwood H.E. The student-teacher relationship. Theory into Practice 16 4 (1977) 285-289
43. Schutz P.A., Cross D.I., Hong J.Y., and Osbon J.N. Teacher identities, beliefs and goals related to emotions in the classroom. In: Schutz P.A., and Pekrun R. (Eds). Emotion in education (2007), Elsevier, San Diego, CA 223-241
44. Smith J.A. Reflecting on the development of interpretative phenomenological analysis and its contribution to qualitative research in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology 1 (2004) 39-54
45. Smith T., and Strahan D. Toward a prototype of expertise in teaching. Journal of Teacher Education 55 4 (2004) 335-371
46. Strauss A., and Corbin J. Grounded theory methodology: an overview. In: Bryman A., and Burgess R.G. (Eds). Qualitative research (1999), Sage Publications, Inc, London
47. Sutton R.E. Emotional regulation goals and strategies of teachers. Social Psychology of Education 7 (2004) 379-398
48. Tarlow B. Caring: a negotiated process that varies. In: Gordon S., Benner P., and Noddings N. (Eds). Caregiving: Reading in knowledge, practice, ethics, and politics (1996), University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
49. Terry M. The importance of interpersonal relations in adult literacy programs. Educational Research Quarterly 30 2 (2006) 30-43
50. Thompson C.J., Locander W.B., and Pollio H.R. Putting consumer experience back into consumer research: the philosophy and method of existential-phenomenology. Journal of Consumer Research 16 2 (1989) 133-146
51. Whelan D.L. Teachers spend about $475 of their own money on materials (2007). http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6488310.html Accessed 08.04.08
52. Williams, M. R., Cross, D. I., Hong, J. Y., Aultman, L. P., Osbon, J. N., & Schutz, P. A. (in press). "There are no emotions in math": How teachers approach emotions in the classroom. Teachers College Record.
53. Wright R. Care as the "heart" of prison teaching. The Journal of Correctional Education 55 3 (2004) 191-209
54. Zembylas M. Caring for teacher emotion: reflections on teacher self-development. Studies in Philosophy and Education 22 (2003) 103-125
55. Zembylas, M. Discursive practices, genealogies, and emotional rules: a poststructuralist view on emotion and identity in teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2005, Montreal, Canada.