Author
Ucus, S., Acar, İbrahim Hakkı
Publication Date
2018-10
Publication Place
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Scientific Journal Publishers
Subject
Creative classroom behavior, Teacher innovativeness, Teaching approach, Innovation, Turkish education system
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0301-2212
Record ID
5c6ab410-b76d-4755-a794-c18dc3f03d03
Library Location
Psychology
Date
2018-10
Sample Text
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.
DOI
10.2224/sbp.7100
Cilt
46
