Looking to relate: teacher gaze and culture in student-rated teacher interpersonal behaviour

Mobile eye-tracking was used to investigate the link between teacher gaze and student-rated teacher interpersonal behaviour. Teacher gaze was recorded for 10 min during a teacher-centred part of a naturally occurring lesson. The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction was then administered to assess ho...

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Published inSocial psychology of education Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 411 - 431
Main Authors McIntyre, Nora A., Mulder, Kees Tim, Mainhard, M. Tim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2020
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Affective Behavior
Classroom Communication
Cultural Influences
Education
Eye contact
Eye Movements
Foreign Countries
Interpersonal relations
Nonverbal Communication
Personality and Social Psychology
Sociology of Education
Student Attitudes
Student teacher relationship
Teacher Behavior
Teacher Evaluation
Teacher Student Relationship
Teachers
Teachers, Rating of
United Kingdom
Teacher interpersonal behaviour
Circular statistics
Eye-tracking
Culture
Real-world
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Summary:Mobile eye-tracking was used to investigate the link between teacher gaze and student-rated teacher interpersonal behaviour. Teacher gaze was recorded for 10 min during a teacher-centred part of a naturally occurring lesson. The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction was then administered to assess how UK students evaluated their teacher interpersonally in that lesson. Teachers conveyed greater dominance (or interpersonal agency) through increasing eye contact while asking questions (‘attentional gaze’). Teachers conveyed more interpersonal friendliness (or communion) through increasing eye contact while lecturing (‘communicative gaze’). Culture did not affect the way gaze was associated with students’ interpersonal perceptions.
ISSN:1381-2890
1573-1928
DOI:10.1007/s11218-019-09541-2