英文摘要 |
Teachers categorize students for the convenience of managing students, and students respond to the demands of different teachers by categorizing teachers. Moreover, students' behavior in the classroom has a strong correlation with the category to which they assign their teacher. This study investigates the rationale and reasons for university students' categorization of teachers and the students' behavior in classrooms with different types of teachers. In this study, a tertiary institution with a teacher training program was selected and one class of students was used as the subject of the study. Data were obtained through interviews. The results of the study revealed that: 1.University students categorized teachers as content-rich, contentfree, and neglectful; content-rich teachers could be further categorized into serious, boring, and relaxed; content-free teachers could be further categorized into those who were not in class and those who did not know what they were doing; 2. University students attached importance to whether or not they could learn something in class, which determined their initial categorization of teachers; 3. As for classroom performance: university students listened attentively and took notes in the classrooms of the serious and interesting teachers; in the classrooms of the boing and content-free teachers, students swiped mobile phones, slept, skipped class, and did their own thing. Through this study, I hope that educators in teacher education institutions will be able to understand students' thoughts and behaviors in classroom settings based on students' perspectives. |