Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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374183 | Teaching and Teacher Education | 2012 | 12 Pages |
This study surveyed Chinese middle school (n = 951) teachers' conceptions of excellent teaching and examined the relationship of those conceptions to their self-reported teaching practices. Responses were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. These teachers identified one examination-oriented dimension and four interactive, pedagogical dimensions of excellent teaching and four dimensions of teaching practice. The structural model indicated a high consistency rate (83%) between teachers' conceptions of excellent teaching and the corresponding self-reported practices. Implications for teaching standards, teacher professional development, and examination system are discussed.
► Survey validated new Teachers' Conceptions of Excellent Teaching inventory. ► Chinese middle school teachers identified 5 factors for excellent teaching. ► Student-oriented ideas of excellence were endorsed more than examination success. ► Excellence factors predicted similar importance of factors of teaching practices. ► The professionalism factor predicted both examination and student-engagement practices.