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Evaluation of Teaching Performance in the University
Environment
Dr. Sushma H.B.
Assistant Professor
School of Education
Central University of Karnataka
Sushmahaigar@gmail.com
9980095126
ABSTRACT
The study attempts to unfold the significance of Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) on
university academic staff members regarding their professional competence in teaching –
learning process. Students rating of teaching is one of the most widely accepted method of
measuring the quality of higher education worldwide. The overall experience gained by the
students during their teaching-learning process is a key factor to determine the teaching
competence of teachers. The success of teaching – learning process between the teacher and
student depends upon better understanding and evaluation at regular intervals. The sample
consists of 120 post graduate students of Gulbarga University. Hypotheses were tested for
significance at 0.05 margins in error and it was found to be positively significant.
Keywords: Evaluation, Professional Competence, Effective Teacher, Teaching
Competencies Teaching–Learning Process
INTRODUCTION
India ranks second in the educational
system of the world, university in such
system are tasked with imparting
knowledge to the educational masses
whose predominant function is teaching,
research activities and lastly the much
needed community service (Escrigas,
Lobera and Team, 2009) , which is mainly
carried out and functioned through
teaching and obviously learning process,
resultantly teaching and learning becomes
a key area for human development
rendering behavioural change in learners,
here in the process of teaching and
learning genuinely impacts curricula were
varied adopted methods bears fruit as
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motivation is ignited in the minds which is
paramount, as present day learners are
beyond just passive recipients in the
information transfer model of high
learning. Since universities are higher
centers of learning, refined and specific
knowledge is expected to be imparted over
a given subject rather than become
factories for production of collective
uniform minds. It is imperative to produce
skilled professionals in a given subject
from the universities rather than confining
itself to an institution distributing degrees
(Alderidge and Rowley, 1998; Haunga and
Fisher, 2011), and to achieve the given
standards from universities teachers’
proficiency and skilled knowledge
commensurate to the existing standard is a
dire requirement to grade teachers’
professional competent.
To evaluate the professional competence
of teachers, student’s evaluations of
teaching (SET) are currently the most
commonly used method for evaluating
teaching effectiveness. The National
Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC) has already published the best
practices in three areas namely (1) Internal
Quality Assurance Cell Activities (2)
Library and Information Services and (3)
Community Engagements. The present
volume deals with “the best practices in
student’s evaluation”. In reality students
evaluation or their feedback should be
given more thrust than any other measures
of teaching such as peer evaluation,
faculty self-reports or individual teaching
portfolio (Comm and Manthaisal, 1998;
Seldin, 1993). The use of student’s
evaluations of teaching also gives students
an important opportunity to effectively
contribute to the teaching–learning
process. Apart from teaching teachers
should possess the capacity to diagnose
students initial behaviour, develop lesson
plans, administration, communicate and
develop themselves as well as the students
potential (Rusman.2010). This is related to
the professional aspects of teacher
(Betoret, 2007; Dharaskar, 2004; Sanjaya,
2010).
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Teaching is complex and confines to
personal activity. The resultant success of
teaching and learning process is based on
the well-knit understanding and evaluation
at regular intervals. Such an evaluation
helps to fill the gap between what is taught
and what is learnt, how teacher has
planned and developed her content and
expected results from students through her
teaching. In the Universities setup of
evaluating of teachers by students
regarding teaching – learning process is
one of the important components expected
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by NAAC. Thus the feedback mechanism
by students plays important role which has
resulted in conducting this study
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
“EVALUATION OF
TEACHING PERFORMANCE
IN THE UNIVERSITY
ENVIRONMENT”
DEFINITION OF KEY-TERMS
Evaluation
Paul (1976) defined evaluation as both a
judgement on the worth or impact of a
programme, procedure or individual and the
process whereby judgement is made.
Yoloye (1981) defined evaluation as the
assigning of some values to an entity in
relation to some criteria values or objectives.
Professional competence
Defined as the teachers’ capability to
master their subjects in-depth and the way
to appropriately deliver it to the students.
(BSNP, 2009; Hung, etal, 2007; Rusman,
2010).
The capacity to perform the duties of one’s
professional generally or to perform a
particular professional task with skill of an
acceptable quality.
Effective Teacher
Clark (1993, p. 10) wrote that, “Obviously,
the definition involves someone who can
increase student knowledge, but it goes
beyond this in defining an effective
teacher.”
Vogt (1984) related effective teaching to
the ability to provide instruction to
different students of different abilities
while incorporating instructional
objectives and assessing the effective
learning mode of the students.
Teaching Competencies
Minimum of knowledge, information,
skills and innovative capacity and
productivity that must be gained by
teacher to carryout his/her work during the
service.
Teaching – Learning
Teaching- Is a skill that can be improved
and teachers are at different developmental
level.
Learning- Is commonly defined as a
process that bring together cognitive,
emotional and environmental influences
and experiences for acquiring, enhancing
or making changes in ones knowledge ,
skills, values and world views. (Illeres,
2000; Ormorod, 1995)
LITERATURE REVIEW
Several rating systems are adopted by the
Higher Education Institutions to rank the
Quality of teaching and learning process
(Rubaish et al., 2011; Malaysian Higher
