Thanks Don: This is an interesting abstract and I'll look for the study but it's certainly from a backwards perspective: asking faculty which characteristics they find desirable in students is not quite the same as assessment of how 'good' a teacher is based relatively on being housed with in a teaching versus a research focused institution.
I think it would be very hard to do such a study because of the necessarily limited operational definition that a single study could use for how good a teacher, a teacher is. It certainly seems to be an area that is lacking data; maybe some fresh young junior faculty person on tips would be interested in pursuing such a study! Annette Quoting Don Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Title: Faculty perceptions of student behaviors: A comparison of two universities. Author(s): Brozo, William G., Northern Illinois U Schmelzer, Ronald V. Source: Journal of College Student Personnel, Vol 26(3), May 1985. pp. 229-234. Journal URL: http://www.jcsdonline.org/homepage.php Publisher: US: ACPA Executive Office Publisher URL: http://www.myacpa.org/ ISSN: 1543-3382 (Electronic) Language: English Keywords: perceptions of student behaviors, faculty at teaching- vs research-oriented universities Abstract: Presents results of a survey of 218 professors at the University of South Carolina (SC) and Georgia State University (GSU) concerning student behaviors. Responses to a 57-statement questionnaire on which student behaviors were ranked from very undesirable to very desirable indicated considerable agreement between the faculties at each university. It is suggested that those at the teaching-oriented institution (GSU) valued more highly behavior that was related to coursework and classroom activities, while those at the research-oriented institution (SC) valued more highly obsequiousness and noncourse-related behavior. (12 ref) (PsycINFO Database
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