Previous research demonstrates the obvious problems surrounding teacher-pupil relationship in terms of interaction. This issue is based not least on the relationship is primarily focused on the knowledge transfer the pieces while the social and relationship aspects of the relationship usually is secondary. Against this background, we intended to examine in more detail on even a similar pattern could be discerned in the specific study, we chose to implement.
Our purpose in this essay is to study the interpersonal communication in the school environment between instructors and students. The issues we have applied ourselves on to reach a deeper understanding of the interpersonal communication is: how can interacts instructors and students with each other, how do instructors and students' perception of themselves and each other out, and which communication barriers exists?
The method we have chosen us to use us is out of a qualitative nature. We have used two different approaches to answering our questions. First, semi-structured interviews with instructors and group interviews with students. We have chosen to analyze our material based on social psychological theories about the roles and attitudes to deeper penetration of our material and thereby access the respondents' views and reach a greater understanding of the interpersonal communication between instructors and students. In addition, we will analyze using theories of interpersonal Communication.
Our study gives a clear indication that there are clear gaps in the inter-human communication between instructors and students in the specific context of the subject of our study. It declares all respondents, although students are generally more severe in their ratings compared with the instructors. That so many reasons but can not be traced at least in the social psychological mechanisms such as roles and attitudes. The situation has improved over the past academic year but have to develop further to achieve a satisfactory interpersonal communication between players.