A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON STUDENT-TEACHER INTERACTION: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND TEACHER FEEDBACK

Abstract

The present study explores that how student-teacher interaction effects on the performance of student’s academic achievement. How constructive and corrective feedback helps student to learn the lesson. Qualitative research design was used. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and observation method. Convenient sampling was used to collect data. Sixteen students (9th and 10th grade) and ten teachers from different schools of Faisalabad took part in this study. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data. The main themes of this study were types of feedback, parents’ influence, peer relationship, active participation and student engagement. The results of the present study indicate that the positive feedback enhance the performance and negative feedback had bad effect on academic performance. This interaction has a significant role in student engagement, higher level of motivation, participation in class where they experience positive environment. This study highlights the importance of constructive and regular feedback. This study can help policy makers and educators to improve or increase the feedback policy in educational system.