Previous research has focused either on generic (cognitive ability and personality) or profession-specific (professional knowledge, beliefs, and motivation for teaching) teacher characteristics as pre

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Attributes of effective EFL teachers in Vietnamese context as perceived by students and teachers (2022) · doi

  Given that perceptions about effective teachers’ qualities have been typically found to be highly context-bounded, gaining an insight into these attributes in this under-researched context is expected to provide a solid foundation for further attempts to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

  Keywords: context given perceptions effective teachers qualities typically found highly bounded gaining insight attributes researched expected
• Preparing Teacher Candidates to be “Effective” in the Classroom: Lessons Learned from National Teachers of the Year (2019) · doi

  Given this lack of agreement, the question for teacher educators becomes how do we prepare teacher candidates to be effective in the classroom when researchers, policymakers, and administrators can’t agree on the traits that encompass what the system has come to deem an “effective” teacher?Throughout this article, we share our findings from an exploratory case study of National Teachers of the Year.

  Keywords: teacher effective given lack agreement question educators becomes prepare candidates classroom researchers policymakers administrators agree
• What makes a good teacher? The relative importance of mathematics teachers’ cognitive ability, personality, knowledge, beliefs, and motivation for instructional quality (2018) · doi

  Previous research has focused either on generic (cognitive ability and personality) or profession-specific (professional knowledge, beliefs, and motivation for teaching) teacher characteristics as predictors of instructional quality but their relative importance has not yet been tested.

  Keywords: previous focused either generic cognitive ability personality profession specific professional knowledge beliefs motivation teaching teacher
• A Five-Country Survey on Ethics Education in Preservice Teaching Programs (2016) · doi

  Despite a broad consensus on the ethical dimensions of the teaching profession, and long-standing efforts to align teacher education with wider trends in professional education, little is known about how teacher candidates are being prepared to face the ethical challenges of contemporary teaching.

  Keywords: ethical teaching teacher education despite broad consensus dimensions profession long standing efforts align wider trends