Anxiety in the Teacher-Student Relationship as Applicable to Orientation and Mobility Instruction

Abstract

Anxiety is defined, along with a contrasting definition of fear, and is discussed as a frequent concomitant of an instructional situation. Symptoms and possible causes of anxiety are described, specifically in regard to a teacher-student relationship in orientation and mobility instruction. A number of possible approaches are suggested by which the instructor may reduce or eliminate anxiety in the student, although it is understood that certain teacher-student relationships cause too much anxiety to be tenable.