Relationships between teachers and students have always been a central interest of the educational process. This book explores the phenomenological nature of the teacher-student relationship within teacher education. Relational experiences were hermeneutically interpreted against the philosophical writings of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Buber. Relationships are essential to the educational experience whether this is recognised or not. A teacher's comportment has a communicative aspect that is felt and sensed by others. Teachers and students experience their relationship as a play that is...