期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：1998
卷号：7
期号：4-5 (36-37)
页码：619-937
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：This paper presents the results of research on “The Quality of Teaching in Higher Education”, exploring students’ status at the university, with the emphasis on their position in the teaching process. The questionnaire was based on 15 higher education quality criteria, and the participants (203 teachers and 469 students from the University of Rijeka) assessed the difference between “ideal” teaching (assessment of the relevance and contribution of each criterion to successful university teaching), and “real” teaching (the extent to which every criterion is respected in actual teaching at the university. The results show a statistically significant difference between “ideal” and “real” in seven (from 15) criteria, according to the teachers. According to the students, “ideal” and “real” differ statistically on every criterion. Indicative results with significant implications could be perceived when “ideal” and “real” were comparedbetween students and teachers. The Mann-Whitney U test shows statistically significant differences according to 7 criteria in ”ideal” teaching. However, when “real” teaching is assessed by teachers and students, a statistically significant difference is found in every criterion. Qualitative results (teachers’ and students’ comments) mostly point at “external” problems which negatively influence teaching. However, the analysis of the students’ comments shows that a part of the problem could be primarily connected with teachers. The qualitative results support the statistical tests, and it might be considered that most of the teachers do not understand the importance of or neglect communication with students, do not show interest for students and their problems, and are not ready to help the students to a sufficient extent.
