Exploring Teaching Styles of Lecturers

Every lecturer or educator adopt different teaching styles as their approaches to facilitate learning in the classroom. It encompasses various strategies, techniques, and instructional methods used to convey information, engage students, and promote better learning. While much attention is given to student performance and their perception of the lecturer's teaching style, understanding one's own teaching style is essential for enhancing the teaching process. This quantitative survey aims to explore the teaching styles perceived by lecturers in Malaysian higher education institutions in accordance with teaching styles of Grasha (1994), a framework for understanding the various ways in which lecturers teach and interact with their students. Five teaching styles are expert, formal authority, personal model, facilitator and delegator teaching style. A total of 51 university lecturers from Johor, Malaysia were involved in a survey using the 5-point Likert scale method. The data collected was analysed and summarized by descriptive statistics which includes measures of mean and percentage. In general, the results show a good reliability with statistically significant correlation on respondent's perception towards five different teaching styles. Findings in this study could offer insights for educators or any researchers to consider. Understanding one's teaching styles empowers educators to be more effective, adaptable, reflective, engaging, and communicative in their teaching practice.