TITLE:
The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem on the Relationship between Teachers Students Interaction and Students Academic Achievement of Wolaita Sodo University Students
AUTHORS:
Bereket Merkine Gebresilase, Wei Zhao
KEYWORDS:
Student Teacher Interaction, Self-Esteem, Academic Achievement, Mediation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.1,
January
20,
2023
ABSTRACT: This study examined the meditational role of self-esteem on the
relationship between student teacher interaction and academic achievements in
the graduating class students of Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia. A
survey-based study was performed among 313 students, randomly selected from
four colleges and one school, by using a well-established questionnaire. To
analyze the data, a confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling
procedure was used. The analysis result revealed that student teacher
interaction has a positive and significant relationship both with self-esteem
and academic achievement. Further, self-esteem played a mediating role in the
relationship between student teacher interaction and academic achievement. Thus
according to the analysis finding, all hypothesis of the present study were
supported. Based on the findings of the present study, Ministry of Education of
Ethiopia and Wolaita Sodo University leaders can review the display rules,
designed for teachers, in a way that teachers can perform appropriate care and
emotional attachment strategies while interacting with the students. Besides by
using the model of the present study, the university leaders and practitioners
can identify core area to be considered in hiring teachers, in giving life
skill training, interpersonal relationship training, and self-esteem building
workshops for all students and teachers as well.