An Exploratory Study on Children's Views of a Creative Teacher

An Exploratory Study on Children's Views of a Creative Teacher

This paper reports findings of an exploratory study on children's views of a creative teacher. A total of 163 children participated in a survey, comprising 51.1% girls and 86% high achievers. The children were between eight and eleven years old. They attended to an instrument developed from responses of open-ended questions about a "good teacher" and a "creative teacher", as well as from categories and items presented in studies on a good teacher (e.g., Kutnick & Jules, 1993; Jules & Kutnick, 1997) and a creative person (e.g., Sternberg, 1985). There were main gender and achievement level effects. Girls rated significantly higher than boys on general good qualities. High achievers rated significantly higher than other children on general good qualities, basic pedagogical competence, positive qualities, and role modeling.