Participatory Action Ethnography: Methods, Strategies, and Interventions Implied by Teachers to Attain a Good Relationship with students in Primary Schools

Abstract

Teachers are those who teach an individual and make them better and more competent human beings. They faced many challenges and issues while teaching students. These challenges may include behavioral, maintaining a relationship with them, and developing a strong bond with them so they can learn without facing any barriers. This research paper is aim to explore teaching philosophies and how teachers implement these philosophies while teaching students. Further, this paper was aim to explore methods, strategies, and interventions that teachers used to develop a good relationship with their students. This thesis is exploratory in nature, and this qualitative research methodology has been used. Purposive and snowball sampling technique was used for the selection of participant. The data was collected from well-educated teachers of three reputable schools of Rawalpindi. The interview was taken from 15 teachers of the primary section. The Semistructured interview guide was used to meet the aim of this research. Thematic analysis has been used for data analysis. The results show that teachers use teaching philosophies according to their choice to teach students. Further, they have faced many challenges in maintaining a good relationship with their students. Teachers use different, methods, strategies, and interventions to maintain a strong bond with students because they believe that students will learn more if they have a strong sense of communication with their teachers. Nowadays, students are more sensitive and didn’t bear to be scolded or beaten by teachers. That is why teachers should be more conscious of teaching them while controlling their behavior.