Abstract
The study attempts to explore higher education students’ perceptions of proficient
teachers, which is of importance to them in their learning. Since no effective system
of teacher evaluation was in place in Pakistan until recently to distinguish between
good and poor teachers, research shows that poor teaching quality is pervasive in
higher education institutions in the country. The study analyzed students’ views of
good and poor teaching through two focus group discussions with students from two
engineering schools in Pakistan. The thematic coding of data yielded the desired
outcomes of students’ views according to the personality and ability traits their
teachers demonstrated. It was revealed that teachers possessed both categories of
characteristics to a certain extent with the shortcomings of approachability, ability
to bring knowledge to the level of the students, low emotional intelligence and poor
communication ability resulting there from. It is expected that action to improve
teaching quality would result in awareness of the problem.
Fareeda Ibad. (2018) Personality and Ability Traits of Teachers: Student Perceptions, Journal of Education and Educational Development, volume 5, 5.2.
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