TEACHERS' INNOVATIVENESS AND TEACHING APPROACH: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF CREATIVE CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS
| Autor: | Sukran Ucus, Ibrahim H. Acar |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ucus, Sukran Ahi Evran Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Early Childhood Educ, 123 Bldg B, TR-40100 Kirsehir, Turkey, Acar, Ibrahim H. Istanbul Medipol Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Early Childhood Educ, Istanbul, Turkey, Acar, Ibrahim H. Ozyegin Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkey, Acar, Ibrahim H. -- 0000-0003-4007-5691, Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Temel Eğitim Bölümü, Özyeğin University, Acar, İbrahim Hakkı, Male |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Teacher innovativeness
Social Psychology 05 social sciences 050301 education Turkish education system Negative association teaching approach Teaching approach innovation Developmental psychology Constructivist teaching methods creative classroom behavior Creative classroom behavior 0502 economics and business ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Early childhood teacher innovativeness Innovation Association (psychology) Psychology 0503 education 050203 business & management |
| Popis: | Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription. We examined the associations between teachers' innovativeness, creative classroom behaviors, and teaching approach (constructivist and traditional) focusing in particular, on the mediating role of teachers' creative classroom behaviors in the relationship between their innovativeness and their teaching approach. We recruited 247 teachers (80.6% women, 19.4% men) working in early childhood centers and junior classes at elementary schools in Turkey to participate in the study. Participants reported on their innovativeness, creative classroom behaviors, and teaching approach. There was a positive association between creative classroom behaviors and use of the constructivist teaching approach, and a negative association between innovativeness and use of the traditional teaching approach. Mediation analysis results showed that there was an indirect effect from innovativeness to the constructivist teaching approach through creative classroom behaviors but this effect did not occur when a traditional teaching approach was used. Implications of our findings are discussed. |
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