Abstract
It is natural for students to expect appropriate behaviours from their teachers. Not only students but also every human being appreciates care from surrounding individuals. Within the classroom, students can feel less motivated to take part in the learning of the given course with the teacher who has offensive behaviours. The purpose of this study was to explore students’ reflections about what they consider to be appreciable behaviors of mathematics teachers, for students to be motivated to learn. The study also intended to find out whether there is a link between teachers' behaviours and students' career development. A total number of 53 students comprised of 16 primary pupils, 26 secondary students, and 11 graduate students participated in this study. Purposive, inconvenient, and systematic sampling methods were used to collect data. The findings showed that teachers’ behaviours can influence learners’ interest to learn mathematics. However, the study showed that there is no link between mathematics teachers' behaviours and learners' career development. Therefore, teachers are advised to be approachable, responsive, and behave in a way that motivates students to learn mathematics.
Highlights
With the advancement of the democratic world and learner-centered pedagogy trend, students are expected to learn in a conducive environment where they feel comfortable to learn
We were interested to hear from students, the appreciable behaviours that they find on their mathematics teacher
Students responded that their mathematics teachers master the content and deliver the course as expected, are calm, goaloriented, explain deeply, listen to their students, and that they are humble
Summary
With the advancement of the democratic world and learner-centered pedagogy trend, students are expected to learn in a conducive environment where they feel comfortable to learn. Under such circumstances, students are protected and prevented from any sort of harm and/or discrimination. There are local and global fundamental values that teachers should possess. Teachers are important ethical leaders to the moral development of their students. Their ethical values and behaviours influence their students both in the classroom and in the community where students live.
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