Teacher enthusiasm: Dimensionality and context specificity

• Published in: Contemporary educational psychology Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 289 - 301
• Main Authors: Kunter, Mareike, Frenzel, Anne, Nagy, Gabriel, Baumert, Jürgen, Pekrun, Reinhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.10.2011; Elsevier; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Classroom instruction; Classrooms; Conceptualization; Educational psychology; Enjoyment; Enthusiasm; Factor Analysis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Job satisfaction; Meaning; Motivation; Performance Based Assessment; Psychological Patterns; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Questionnaires; Student Records; Teacher; Teacher attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Effectiveness; Teachers; Teaching; Well Being; Wellbeing; Teachers; Enjoyment; Enthusiasm; Teacher characteristics; Classroom instruction; Human; Affect affectivity; Attitude; Efficiency; Professional practice; Teacher; School environment

► Direct assessment of teachers’ enthusiasm via teacher questionnaire. ► Study combines teacher and student data. ► Two dimensions of teacher enthusiasm can be distinguished: teaching enthusiasm and subject enthusiasm. ► These dimensions differ in their meaning and context specificity. Enthusiasm is...