Understanding teacher connectedness: The need to listen to young people’s voices

Numerous studies have examined the relationships between teacher or school connectedness and adolescents’ outcomes. This evidence suggests that teacher connectedness, i.e. meaningful student-teacher relationships, is a powerful asset for young people’s wellbeing. However, this construct has been defined in a variety of ways with few studies examining young people’s views on the meaning and predictors of connectedness. This poster presents findings from a scoping review conducted as part of the EU funded Teacher Connectedness Project “Wellbeing among European youth: The contribution of student-teacher relationships in the secondary-school population”. This review aimed to map and summarise existing studies about teacher or school connectedness in secondary school students, including research on the views and experiences of young people.