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Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of Excellence in Teaching in Colombia
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Ripoll-Núñez, Karen J.; Mojica-Ospina, Iván Enrique; Torres-Riveros, Andrés Camilo; Castellanos-Tous, María Silvana – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2018
Using the TBC, we compared students' and teachers' perceptions of excellent teaching in different disciplines at a private university in Colombia. Faculty and students in all fields rated being respectful and being a good communicator as the two most important qualities of excellent teachers. Differences in students' and faculty's perceptions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
Capturing the Experiences of International Teaching Assistants in the US American Classroom
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Hebbani, Aparna; Hendrix, Katherine Grace – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2014
This chapter presents findings from a qualitative study which investigated the perceptions of twenty-five ITAs toward US American undergraduates. The participant cohort comprised fourteen PhD and eleven master's students, of which, three were male and twenty-two were female ITAs teaching oral communication or a communication course requiring…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Foreign Nationals, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes
Introduction to the Study.
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Fink, L. Dee – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1984
A study is outlined that evaluates the effectiveness of a program to train prospective college geography teachers by comparing those trainees with untrained teachers after one year of teaching experience. The study gathered information on teacher intentions, situations, feelings, and judgments about their profession. (MSE)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Subject-Matter Differences in Secondary Schools: Connections to Higher Education.
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Stodolsky, Susan S.; Grossman, Pamela L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
A study of the role of subject matter in shaping high school teachers' beliefs, curricular concerns, and instructional practices complements studies of the disciplines in higher education. Factors discussed include the "hard/soft" distinction between disciplines, curriculum sequencing, range of classroom techniques, breadth of course content, and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Disciplines with an Affinity for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education.
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Braxton, John M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
Empirical research on aspects of teaching role performance in which disciplinary differences have been observed (teaching goals, teaching practices, course examination questions, and the relationship between teaching and research) is summarized, and implications for faculty and development, academic affairs administration, and improvement of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, College Administration, College Faculty
Discipline-Specific Pedagogical Knowledge in Linguistics and Spanish.
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Lenze, Lisa Firing – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
Interviews with two college faculty in linguistics and two in Spanish over three years probed attitudes about the nature of pedagogical content knowledge of new faculty. In each discipline, a core concept around which knowledge of teaching revolved was found: in linguistics, argumentation; in Spanish, production. It also emerged that direct…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis