EFL Teachers' Creativity and Their Teaching's Effectiveness: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Autor/inn/en	Khodabakhshzadeh, Hossein; Hosseinnia, Mansooreh; Moghadam, Hossein Abedi; Ahmadi, Fatemeh
Titel	EFL Teachers' Creativity and Their Teaching's Effectiveness: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
Quelle	In: International Journal of Instruction, 11 (2018) 1, S.227-238 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1694-609X
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Creativity; Creative Teaching; Teacher Effectiveness; Structural Equation Models; College Faculty; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Gender Differences; Teacher Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Kreativität; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Fakultät; Fragebogen; Ausland; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Due to the importance of creativity in teaching and learning, this study was conducted to study teachers' creativity and its relationship with their teaching's effectiveness. Another aim of this study was to measure the creativity among men and women teachers at English institutions in Iran. A sample of 325 EFL Iranians' teachers was randomly chosen and was rated on the ELT-CS and teaching effectiveness scale. With this aim, validated and reliable scales of assessing creativity (ELT-CS) of EFL teachers teaching effectiveness scale were used. After gathering the questionnaires, data was analysed by structural equation modelling approach. According to the results, five subscales of creativity have a significant relationship with teaching effectiveness. Also, the results have shown that there is a significant difference between gender and teachers' creativity. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01