Modelling teachers’ caring behaviour through the lens of high school students

Students’ positive perceptions of teachers’ caring behaviour have favourable outcomes, yet they have been little researched, especially in an Asian context. This study aims to establish a model explaining teachers’ caring behaviour (TCB) by testing multiple indicators. The survey instrument was administered to 296 students, whose responses were analysed using variance-based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results proved that modelling, teacher-student interactions (TSI), pedagogical caring (PC), and teachers’ dispositions (TD) were significantly associated with TCB. Findings suggest that TCB would have a positive impact on the academic development and well-being of students.