“…Universities pay increasing attention to effective teaching and learning (Biggs, 2003;Carnell, 2007;Ghedin & Aquario, 2008;Marsh & Hattie, 2002;Terenzini, 1998;Waterring & Rijt, 2006). A major concern is how effective teachers are defined, and how teacher effectiveness is related to students' academic outcomes (Aquario, 2009;Dunkin & Precians, 1992;Greenwald & Gillmore, 1997;Hativa, Barak, & Simhi, 2001;McLean & Blackwell, 1997;Murray, 1997Murray, , 2001Radmacher & Martin, 2001;Sander, 2005;Stephanou & Kyridis, 2009;Young & Shaw, 1999). However, in spite of an expanding body of research on the positive relationship between teacher effectiveness and student achievement, there are uncertainties about to the degree to which it is influenced by individual or context factors, and the degree to which it is affected /or affects emotions (Akerlind, 2003;Pickering, 2006;Stephanou & Kyridis, 2008).…”