An Exploratory Investigation Examining Male and Female Students' Initial Impressions and Expectancies of Lecturers

Autor/inn/en	Batten, John; Birch, Phil David John; Wright, James; Manley, Andrew John; Smith, Matt Jeffrey
Titel	An Exploratory Investigation Examining Male and Female Students' Initial Impressions and Expectancies of Lecturers
Quelle	In: Teaching in Higher Education, 19 (2014) 2, S.113-125 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-2517
DOI	10.1080/13562517.2013.827645
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; College Students; College Faculty; Gender Differences; Factor Analysis; Teacher Student Relationship; Cues; Student Attitudes; Expectation; Measures (Individuals); Questionnaires; Teacher Characteristics; Comparative Analysis; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Geschlechterkonflikt; Faktorenanalyse; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Stichwort; Schülerverhalten; Expectancy; Erwartung; Messdaten; Fragebogen; Großbritannien
Abstract	The aim of this study was to examine the informational cues that male and female students perceive to be influential when developing initial impressions and expectancies of a lecturer. University students ("n" = 752) rated the extent to which 30 informational cues influence their initial perceptions of a lecturer. Following exploratory factor analysis (EFA), a five-factor model (i.e. appearance (APP), accessories (ACC), third-party reports (TPR), communication skills (CS) and nationality/ethnicity (NE)) was extracted for male students and a five-factor model (i.e. ACC, TPR, APP, interpersonal skills (IPS) and engagement (ENG)) extracted for female students. Inspection of mean scores identified that male students rated CS (e.g. clarity of voice) and TPR (e.g. qualifications) and female students IPS (e.g. control of class), ENG (e.g. eye contact) and TPR to be influential factors in forming initial impressions and expectancies of a lecturer. The findings further identify the potential for expectancy effects within student-lecturer interactions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10