Students’ perceptions of their relationships with their teachers and the latter’s attitudes towards them: Contribution of generational status and region of origin
Given the increasing number of immigrant students in schools, the purpose of this study is to examine how they perceive their relationships with their teachers and their teachers' attitudes towards them. Data was collected from 819 students in eight Quebec high schools. Results show that 2nd generation students perceive their relationships with their teachers as less warm, while 1st generation students perceive higher expectations of success and more negative feedback compared to their peers of 3rd generation or more. Students of Haitian descent report less warm interactions with their teachers than students of 3rd generation or more. Also, 1st generation Haitian students perceive more expectations of success than 2nd generation Haitian students. The implications of these findings for practice and research are discussed.