Student-faculty interaction outside the classroom: Theoretical review of foreign studies

Abstract

The authors review and analyze scientific publications on the topic of studentfaculty interaction outside the classroom. In the paper, the historical and theoretical background of the phenomenon of student-faculty interaction is presented; on this basis, various types of such communication are identified and described. The authors examine how out-of-classroom interaction influences the participants of this process, which factors and characteristics determine its types and intensity. The issues related to the perception of this type of contact by students and teachers are also highlighted in the paper, and the importance to realize its complexity and multidimensionality is emphasized