A Comparison of Students' Perceptions of an Ideal Professor.

Autor/inn/en	Gadzella, Bernadette M.; und weitere
Titel	A Comparison of Students' Perceptions of an Ideal Professor.
Quelle	(1992), (16 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; College Faculty; College Instruction; College Students; Grade Point Average; Higher Education; Individual Characteristics; Sex Differences; Student Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Hochschullehre; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Schülerverhalten; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	A study was done of college students' current perceptions of the most and least important characteristics of an ideal professor. These perceptions were compared with findings from earlier studies, and differences among student groups (based on gender, college status, grade point average (GPA), and majors) were compared. The study surveyed 356 students enrolled in psychology and special education classes of whom 119 were men and 237 were women. The survey instrument was a questionnaire of proven reliability that used a Likert-type scale to rate characteristics. Findings of the study indicated that there were a number of agreements as to the characteristics of an ideal professor among students over the past 25 years: students feel that the professor should know and be interested in the subject matter, should serve the needs of the students, present materials so that students can understand it, and have definite standards in grading students' tests and assignments. Differences were found among the student groups with freshmen viewing the ideal professor as a researcher and other groups seeing the ideal as one who is concerned primarily with students. Included are 7 tables and 14 references. (JB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01