Structural Relationships between Perceived Transformational Teaching and Critical Thinking: Mediating Role of Motivational Beliefs in College Students

Abstract

McEnroe-Petitte, and Farris, 2020). Therefore, it is imperative to change curricula goals, teaching materials and content, teaching methods and tools, and in general, all teaching and learning processes in order to keep pace with recent innovations. Transformational teaching is a kind of educational practice that can transform teachers, present them with new challenges, and may even give them new perspectives (Luyten and Bazo, 2019). Transformational teaching usually takes place in an educational setting where knowledge is passed on from a teacher to learners. In this approach, students can simply adapt themselves to their teacher to learn new