INVESTIGATING THE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP IN BIOLOGY CLASSROOM

The study investigated the relationship between Biology teachers and their students. Four research questions were raised to guide the study and two were hypothesized. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study consisted of nine thousand, one hundred and twenty (9120) students in the twelve (12) senior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The sample for the study consists of two hundred and forty-four (244) students. They were randomly sampled to ensure fair representation. The instrument that was used for this study was a questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on student’s perception of their relationship with their Biology teacher” Cr=.70. Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and ANOVA.