Identifying Inspiring Versus Effective Teaching: How Do They Link and Differ?

• In Event: 45.070 - Learning Environments and Physical Spaces

Abstract

A vast amount of literature on teacher effectiveness has accumulated, but that on inspiring teaching is scarce. Many characteristics of inspiring teachers proposed or identified are often similar to those found in effective teachers. The theoretical boundaries between inspiring and effective teaching are often overlapped (Co-Author A et al., 2014). A quantitative instrument with 68 items covering behaviors in twelve teaching and learning aspects was developed using the Delphi method. The results indicated that eleven teaching-related factors clustered in two groups, with flexibility, reflectiveness, and innovative teaching more likely to be related to inspiring teaching and the others associated with effective teaching. Inspiring teaching was also found in the early stages of teaching, while effective teachers were not always inspiring.

Authors

• James Ko, The Education University of Hong Kong

• Pam M. Sammons, University of Oxford

• Ridwan Maulana, University of Groningen

• Wanlu Li, The Education University of Hong Kong

• Leonidas Kyriakides, University of Cyprus