Teacher organisation was also positively associated with gains in NFC, but not PATL. NFC refers to an individual’s inclination to inquire and engage in effortful cognitive activities and PATL means the extent to which an individual personally enjoys activities such as reading literature, poetry, scientific texts. NFC was measured with an 18-item scale (alpha 0.90) and PATL was assessed with a six-item scale (alpha 0.71).