AbstractThis study aimed to validate the elements of Teaching and learning Guiding Principles. The descriptive survey research design was employed using instrument named Teaching and learning Guiding Principles Instrument (TLGPI) which composed of six construct with a total of 67 items. The constructs were Intellectual Excitement, Quality Learning, Constructive Alignment, International Cultural, Climate of Inquiry and Good Values. A total of 350 teacher educators from ten Malaysian higher teacher education institutions were selected using cluster sampling technique involved in this study. The values of Cohen’s Kappa Index (CKI), Content Validity Index (CVI) and analysis of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were used to determine face validity, content validity, convergent validity and discriminant validity of TLGPI. The results revealed that the value of CKI yielded 70% inter-rater agreement for face validity and 0.950 of total proportion favorable in CVI for content validity involving five.....