Samenvatting

Today, a greater emphasis has been put on the emotional aspects of education. One of these aspects is the pedagogical relations between teachers and students; in this context referred to as teacher-student relationships. It has been broadly researched that positive types of teacher-student relationships have a lot of benefits on students' wellbeing and school success and therefore it is essential, that teachers focus on building these types of relationships.

With a mixed-methods approach, the present study collected quantitative and qualitative data on the following matters concerned about teacher-student relationships: teachers' dedication, values, views, focus, strategies and competence, as well as challenges. The data was collected with the use of a questionnaire and observations, and discussed with available, former research.

The results revealed that teachers are dedicated to and focused on teacher-student relationships and use a variety of strategies in order to build them. Additionally, it was discovered that teachers have faced challenges that are mostly related to the student such as behavior, cultural differences, and special needs.