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What Do Academic Faculty Members Think of Performance Measures of Academic Teaching? A Case Study from A 10-Year Perspective
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Eyal Eckhaus; Nitza Davidovitch – SAGE Open, 2023
Much has been written about myths and facts concerning teaching surveys completed by students at academic institutions. The myths usually emerge among faculty members based on their subjective point of view, personal experience, or intuitive interpretation of events. The following case study is the first of its kind, and it follows how academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Student Surveys
PHEISQUAL: A Scale to Measure Service Quality of Professional Higher Educational Institute from Faculty Perspective
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Juhi Kamakoty; Sandeep Singh – SAGE Open, 2023
This paper studies the service quality (SQ) of higher education institutes (HEI), offering professional courses from the perspective of faculty as they are the service providers as well as a major stakeholder in the educational arena. PHEISQUAL (Professional higher education institute service quality) scale has been developed to measure the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
Secondary School Teachers' Professional Development in Australia and Shanghai: Needs, Support, and Barriers
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Fang, Guangbao; Chan, Philip Wing Keung; Kalogeropoulos, Penelope – SAGE Open, 2021
Using data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS; 2013), this article explores teachers' needs, support, and barriers in their professional development. The research finds that Australian teachers expressed greater needs in information and communication technology (ICT) use and new technology training for teaching, while…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Educational Needs
A Comparison of Strategies for Recruiting Teachers into Survey Panels
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Robbins, Michael W.; Grimm, Geoffrey; Stecher, Brian; Opfer, V. Darleen – SAGE Open, 2018
We examine a range of options for recruiting teachers into a nationally representative survey panel. Recruitment strategies considered include a telephone-based approach and the use of promised incentives and pre-incentives of varying amounts and forms. Using a randomized experiment, we evaluate the effectiveness of five separate recruitment…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Incentives, Teacher Recruitment, Cost Effectiveness
Perception of Teachers' Professional Development Needs, Impacts, and Barriers: The Abu Dhabi Case
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Badri, Masood; Alnuaimi, Ali; Mohaidat, Jihad; Yang, Guang; Al Rashedi, Asma – SAGE Open, 2016
The article reports on findings from the TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) 2013 study for Abu Dhabi which gathered teachers' views on teaching and learning with a focus on professional development. The aim of this study is to better understand teachers' perceptions of professional development needs and impacts as well as the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Instructional Effectiveness, Barriers
From Awareness to Action: Teacher Attitude and Implementation of LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum in the English Language Arts Classroom
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Page, Michelle L. – SAGE Open, 2017
This survey research describes English language arts teachers' comfort levels in integrating literature with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) themes or characters into their curricula and classroom practices. Significant relationships were found between teachers' age, comfort, awareness of resources, and implementation levels.…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Homosexuality, Barriers