Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find the necessary behavior for both teachers and parents to build good relationship
between them by exploring their behavior and image or impression, and examining their relationship and behavioral
perception. Free description was requested to 356 elementary school teachers and 135 parents, and the results were
analyzed and 5 latent classes in teachers’ group and 6 latent classes in parents’ group were extracted for this study.
These results indicated that there is some discrepancy between image towards teachers/patents and belief what is
needed to build a good relationship in each class. Based on this study, it is possible that the background to the discrep
ancy between teachers’ and parents’ perceptions of what is important in terms of actions for building relationships may
be related to the image that both parties have towards the other. The relationship between teachers and parents could
be established when teachers felt secure with parents and imagined them as reassuring and understanding partners, and
when parents imagined teachers as having beliefs, taking various challenges with their children in mind, and inspiring
the children’s independence.
