Elementary school students: interpersonal relationships and communication processes

Abstract

A survey-type study is presented, which aims to characterize the communicative processes and interpersonal relationships in elementary schools in three municipalities of the state of Chihuahua, based on the views of the 5th and 6th-grade students. The student body is an essential part of the pedagogical relationship, and therefore a means to deepen the knowledge of the events inside and outside the school. The opinions expressed have a tendency towards acceptance and positive views of the school environment. Most of them like to attend class, they feel satisfied with their learning and with the work of their teachers. They state that the relations and the communicative processes, between teachers, directive students, and parents of the family, are good. Although this acceptance is decreasing as the actors move away from the classroom: the relationship between students and teachers is very good, it is decreasing when it comes to directives and support staff and in the case of parents is where the percentages presented are lower. It was found that very few students have scholarships and half of them do not have means of autonomous learning at home, such as access to bibliographic material and digital media: computers and the internet.