Working Alliances in College Classrooms.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Meyers, Steven A.
- Source
- Teaching of Psychology; Feb2008, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p29-32, 4p
- Subject
- College teacher-student relationships
Classroom management
College students
Interpersonal relations
Effective teaching
College teachers
Teacher effectiveness
Teaching
- Language
- ISSN
- 00986283
I explain how professors can establish working alliances with students to cultivate a climate conducive to learning. This process involves (a) attending to the emotional bonds that exist in the college classroom, (b) developing shared educational goals and tasks to promote a common sense of purpose, and (c) addressing classroom conflict to repair disruptions in social relationships. I also describe how working alliance theory extends our knowledge and practice of effective teaching. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.