How teachers' motivation and mindset predicts how they teach
A new study ( Vermote et al., 2020 ) examines how the motivation and mindset of higher education teachers (N = 357) relates to their teaching styles. This research is interesting for the following reasons: It investigates the circumplex model of motivational styles . Aelterman et al. (2019) have previously investigated and confirmed the circular structure in secondary schools. The current study does this in higher education, It looks at the separate relationship between motivation and mindset on the one hand and teaching styles on the other. Does teacher motivation predict their teaching style? Does the mindset of teachers predict their teaching style? Read answers to these questions below.