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Pitfalls and chances of the first lesson - the formation of respect in the teacher student relationship

Background:It is often criticised that teachers and especially those who are new in a class or simply young at age are not able to get

any respect from their pupils. So this work will examine the origin of respect in the relation between pupils and teachers, look why it is refused and which factors and special circumstances could play a role for its development.

The method:At first the relevance and the up-to-dateness of the topic will be briefly reported. Afterwards, the term of respect will be explored in a theoretical part from different perspectives by introducing and analysing different appendages who dealt with the concept of respect before. will be defined more exactly. This should lead to the development of a specific, clear and usable concept of respect. After that, the just mentioned theoretical part will be combined with a practical part in which the observation of five lessons will be presented and analysed. Finally it will be attempted

to draw a guideline for teachers which should help to reduce outcomes and cognitions into practice.

Contact: For questions and comments please contact:

Sven Köhler, design and implementation

Moritz Meyer, consultant

Tilman Eckloff, project manager

The project is supported by the Stiftung Select für Zukunftsgestaltung of the Deutsche StiftungsTrust and is conducted in cooperation with the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main.