Instructors' Perception Of Usefulness Of Student Evaluation For Teacher And Course Development: A Case Study Of Aau, The Department Of English
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gebru, Amanuel (Asst.Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Damtew, Akalewold | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-03T07:06:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T04:04:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-03T07:06:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T04:04:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study is to determine AAU's English instructors' perception of usefulness of student evaluation for teacher and course development. The study also attempts to find out factors affecting instructors' perception of student evaluation. In addition, it attempts to discover whether it is used as an input for teacher and course development. In collecting the data, 28 instructors were purposely taken out of 52 instructors from the Department of English excluding instructors of literature. However, the sample was largely-male dominated because the number of male instructors was much greater than the number of female instructors. The number of male instructors was 25 and the number of female instructors was 3. In the researcher's view, the sample is good because it involves different characteristics i.e. sex, rank and specialization area. The data gathering tools were a questionnaire and an interview. The data obtained from the data gathering tools were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Accordingly, the major findings were: most English instructors of the university believe that student evaluations are useful for teacher and course development if both the data gathering instruments and the data collected using them are valid and reliable. In addition, there are factors perceived by the instructors that affect the validity of student evaluation which are different from those mentioned by researchers i.e. lack of skill (reading and writing), lack of knowledge of methodology of teaching, lack of knowledge of usefulness of student evaluation, receiving misinformation from previous students and prejudice about the instructors and courses. However, instructors are recommended: even though student eval~ations have some limitations, they should conduct both formative and summative student evaluation because it is i.lseful for teacher and course development. Educational experts are recommended: when student evaluations are prepared, they should be rigorously validated and reliable to gather relevant data. With regard to students, they should evaluate instructors and courses accurately and in a way which is free from any bias. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/22998 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AAU | en_US |
| dc.subject | The study also attempts to find out factors affecting instructors' perception of student evaluation | en_US |
| dc.title | Instructors' Perception Of Usefulness Of Student Evaluation For Teacher And Course Development: A Case Study Of Aau, The Department Of English | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |