title: Investigating the relationship between pharmacy students' achievement goal orientations and preferred teacher qualities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationships between pharmacy students' preferred teacher qualities and their academic achievement goal orientations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed an achievement goal questionnaire and a build-a-teacher task. For the latter, students were given a $20 hypothetical budget to purchase amounts of 9 widely valued teachers' qualities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three hundred sixty-six students participated. Students spent most of their budget on the traits of enthusiasm, expertise, and clear presentation style, and the least amount of money on interactive teaching, reasonable workload, warm personality, and intellectually challenging. In relation to achievement goals, negative associations were found between avoidance goals and preferences for teachers who encourage rigorous thinking and self-direction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These novel findings provide a richer profile of the ways students respond to their learning environment. Understanding the relationships between teachers' characteristics and pharmacy students' achievement goal orientations will contribute to improving the quality of pharmacy learning and teaching environments.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Saleh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alrakaf
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sainsbury
authors.affiliation: Innovation and Evaluation, Aftercare, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Grenville
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005178:Faculty / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: achievement goals; motivation; pharmacy education; student preferences; teacher qualities