One survey revealed that people ages 18-29 have clear preferences for background, clothing colour, and clothing type to make the speaker feel authentic, trustworthy, innovative, and credible (Zandan & Lynch, 2020).

Do different students react differently to clothing and background choices?

By teaching from home alone, they suggest, “you are inherently perceived as more warm, as students are able to get a glimpse into the more personal side of their teacher’s lives.” The right clothing choice can help students feel that we are approachable and competent. After 5 studies, the authors have found that students do notice faculty attire and that there is a relationship between informal dress and student perceptions of faculty warmth, and between formal dress and student perceptions of faculty competence. There is spectrum of appropriate apparel for Zoom meetings with students.īen Marder and Sebastian Oliver (2020) at the University of Edinburgh have been studying the effects of faculty appearance on students’ perceptions during remote teaching this year.

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