What undergraduate students in China say about their professors' teaching

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-159

  Tam, Kai Yung ^a   Heng, Mary Anne ^b   Jiang, Gladys ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Undergraduate students; University teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650931092     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510902757179     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Cheng, K. M. (2004) Expansion of higher education in China: Then what?. Harvard China Review, 5, pp. 82-86.
2. Cortazzi, M. and Jin, L. (1996) Cultures of learning: Language classrooms in China. Society and the language classroom, pp. 169-206. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
3. Crawford, P. L. and Bradshaw, H. L. (1968) Perception of characteristics of effective university teachers: A scaling analysis. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 28, pp. 1079-1085.
4. Eisner, E. (1985) The art of educational evaluation: A personal view, Falmer Press, London
5. Gorko, M. G., Kough, C., Pignata, G., Kimmel, E. B. and Eison, J. (1994) Myths about student-faculty relationships: What do students really want?. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 5, pp. 51-65.
6. Levy, G. D. and Peters, W. W. (2002) Undergraduates' views of best college courses. Teaching of Psychology, 29:1, pp. 46-48.
7. Li, Z. and Tang, Y. (2004) Five issues that face China's higher education as China joins the WTO. Chinese Education and Society, 36:5, pp. 80-90.
8. Lincoln, Y. S. and Guba, E. G. (1985) Naturalistic inquiry, Sage, London
9. Lo, L. N. K. (2007) The self-efficacy myth: Re-interpreting the culture of teaching in Chinese societies.
10. Luo, J., Grady, M. L. and Bellows, L. H. (2001) Instructional issues for teaching assistants. Innovative Higher Education, 25:3, pp. 209-230.
11. Luo, Z. and Song, H. (2005) Survey of professional ethics of teachers in institutions of higher education. Chinese Education and Society, 38:5, pp. 88-99.
12. Marsh, H. W. (1987) Students' evaluations of university teaching: Research findings, methodological issues, and directions for future research. International Journal of Educational Research, 11, pp. 253-388.
13. Miles, M. B. and Huberman, A. M. (1984) Qualitative data analysis, Sage, Beverly Hills, CA
14. Miley, W. M. and Gonsalves, S. (2003) What you don't know can hurt you: Students' perceptions of professors' annoying teaching habits. College Student Journal, 37:3, pp. 447-453.
15. Morrill, R. L. (1980) Teaching values in college: Facilitating development of ethical, moral and values awareness in students, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
16. Mu, J. (2002) A research on developing criteria for teaching evaluation by students. Medical Education (China), 1, pp. 27-28.
17. Murray, B. (2000) Professors' most grating habits. Monitor on Psychology, 31, pp. 56-57.
18. Paine, L. W. (1990) The teacher as virtuoso: A Chinese model for teaching. Teachers College Record, 92:1, pp. 49-81.
19. Perlman, B. and McCann, L. I. (1998) Students' pet peeves about teaching. Teaching of Psychology, 25, pp. 201-202.
20. Pratt, D. D., Kelly, M. and Wong, W. S. S. (1999) Chinese conceptions of "effective teaching" in Hong Kong: Towards culturally sensitive evaluation of teaching. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 18, pp. 241-258.
21. Ramsden, P. (1991) A performance indicator of teaching quality in higher education: The course experience questionnaire. Studies in Higher Education, 16, pp. 129-150.
22. Singer, E. R. (1996) Espoused teaching paradigms of college faculty. Research in Higher Education, 37, pp. 659-679.
23. Strauss, A. and Corbin, J. (1990) Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques, Sage, Newbury Park, CA
24. Walsh, D. J. and Maffei, M. J. (1994) Never in a class by themselves: An examination of behaviors affecting the student-professor relationship. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 5, pp. 23-49.
25. Waters, M., Kemp, E. and Pucci, A. (1988) High and low faculty evaluations: Descriptions by students. Teaching of Psychology 15. no., 4, pp. 203-204.
26. Wilson, R. C. (1986) Improving faculty teaching: Effective use of student evaluations and consultants. Journal of Higher Education, 52:2, pp. 196-211.
27. Witcher, A. E., Onwuegbuzie, A. J. and Minor, L. C. (2001) Characteristics of effective teachers: Perceptions of preservice teachers. Research in the Schools, 8, pp. 45-57.
28. Xiao, L. and Zhu, J. (2003) Teachers' qualities: Mutual coordinations between teachers and students. Journal of Jianghan Petroleum Institute (Social Science Ed.), 5, pp. 102-103.
29. Yao, L. (2005) The grim situation in China with regard to building a teacher base and rejuvenating the higher education system. Chinese Education and Society, 38:5, pp. 31-37.
30. Zhao, Y. (2007) China and the whole child. Educational Leadership, 64:8, pp. 70-73.