Research On The Hidden Conflict Between Teachers And Students

The conflict between teachers and students is the interaction process that the teacher and the student restrain each other for their own interests of educational context. The hidden conflict is the principal form of it. It has the characteristics such as catholicity, invisibility, persistency and lability. The people often neglect the hidden conflict between teachers and students. But in point of fact, neglecting or misdealing it will at the least affect the academic quality, and at the most be a grave confrontation which would cause a great loss.There are two reasons for the hidden conflict between teachers and students. The first is the force of ethics, and the second is the drive of"seeking advantage and avoiding disadvantage"psychology. The conflict between naturality and sociality is the source of the hidden conflict between teachers and students.The hidden conflict between teachers and students is a special form of their interaction, so its generative process goes along with the teacher-student interaction. It may be either the accumulation before the conflict outbreak or the undercurrent after. The hidden conflict between teachers and students usually experience four stages such as budding, engendering (or vanishing), intensifying (or weakening) and lasting (or eliminating). Generally speaking, there are four potential trends of the hidden conflict between teachers and students according to different treatment. They are outbreak, existing, being repressed and being solved.To cope with the hidden conflict between teachers and students effectively, teachers must carefully observe them to discover the existence of hidden conflict, take timely action to resolve existing problems, and promote the bilateral relations in a positive direction. Students should have a correct view of criticism and punishment, fully understand the point of education, and enhance self-binding. In addition, schools should establish a "coordination-conflict" in the balance mechanism, and the parents should raise their education level and create a harmonious family environment to play their due role by promoting the sound development of relations between teachers and students.