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Teacher–student interpersonal relationships in Indonesian lower secondary education: Teacher and student perceptions

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This study investigated firstly the reliability and validity of an Indonesian version of the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI). Second, perceptions of Indonesian secondary school teachers’ interpersonal behaviour as perceived by students and teachers were studied with the QTI. Third, differences between students’ and teachers’ perceptions regarding interpersonal teacher behaviour were compared. The QTI itself is based on the Model of Interpersonal Behaviour which maps teacher behaviour in terms of Influence (Dominance–Submission) and Proximity (Cooperation–Opposition). In this study, an Indonesian version of the QTI was constructed and distributed to 2,380 students of 69 teachers from 85 classes (grade 7–9) from 12 public lower secondary schools in Indonesia. The results showed high reliability and validity for the instrument. Students’ and teachers’ average ratings on Influence were similar, while teacher’s ratings of Proximity were higher than those of students.

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  1. Dimension scores were set to range between −3 and +3. This numbers represent the amount of dominance vs submissiveness and cooperation vs opposition, respectively. The range of scores are 0–0.5 (moderately positive), 0.5–1 (positive) and >1 (very positive) (den Brok et al. 2006a, b; Telli et al. 2007a).

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The authors would like to thank the editor and the two anonymous reviewers for their useful comments on the previous manuscript. This study was conducted as part of the PhD study of the first author. The second author was supported with a grant from Rosalind Franklin Fellowships.

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  1. GION Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Groningen, Grote Rozenstraat 3, 9712 TG, Groningen, The Netherlands

    R. Maulana, M. C. J. L. Opdenakker & R. J. Bosker

  2. Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Groningen, Landleven 1, 9747 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands

    R. Maulana

  3. School of Education, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O.Box 513, 5600 MB, Eidhoven, The Netherlands

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Maulana, R., Opdenakker, M.C.J.L., den Brok, P. et al. Teacher–student interpersonal relationships in Indonesian lower secondary education: Teacher and student perceptions. Learning Environ Res 15, 251–271 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-012-9113-7

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