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Let’s Make Things Better

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Interpersonal Relationships in Education

Part of the book series: Advances in Learning Environments Research ((ALER,volume 3))

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Philips, the Dutch multinational, had as its mission until 2004 “Let’s make things better”. We chose this sentence as the title of our contribution to this book because despite considerable progress in the study of interpersonal relationships in education during the last two decades, a great deal of work remains. Two topics are particularly relevant. First, further development is needed on the theoretical basis of the Model for Interpersonal Teacher Behaviour and the instrument based on this model, the Questionnaire for Teacher Interaction (QTI; Wubbels, Brekelmans, Den Brok & Van Tartwijk, 2006). Second, attention is needed for the search for (causal) relationships between moment-to-moment interactions in the classroom and the patterns of interpersonal relationships between teacher and students. The first is a sine qua non for sustainable progress in the field and the development towards a more parsimonious model. The second will advance progress in providing formative guidance and professional development to teachers in pre and in-service programmes.

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Wubbels, T., Opdenakker, MC., Brok, P.D. (2012). Let’s Make Things Better. In: Interpersonal Relationships in Education. Advances in Learning Environments Research, vol 3. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-939-8_14

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