The importance of the quality of social interactions between teachers and pupils in building a safe school environment - an analysis of teacher evaluation from the pupil's perspective

Abstract

The text presents a case study. The case study is used from the author's practice. The social interaction assessment was conducted as part of a project working with a particular classroom where there is an extremely high number of children with behavioural difficulties. There is a lot of noise, pupils find it difficult to follow school and class rules and most teachers do not like to teach there. As part of a comprehensive programme of work with this class, aimed at building a safe school environment, an evaluation of the teachers from the pupils' perspective was carried out. On the basis of the evaluation, a follow-up analysis of the typical manifestations of a "favourite teacher" and an "unpopular teacher" (according to the pupils' subjective evaluation) was carried out. This analysis pinpointed the source of problematic behaviour of pupils and served as a basis for suggesting changes to improve the situation and build a safe classroom climate.