Journal article
The Validity of Student Evaluations of Teaching
International Journal for Educational Integrity, Vol.2(2), pp.140-155
2006
Abstract
This article considers the validity and usefulness of student evaluations of teaching (SET) at a small Australian university. Face and content validity were considered and a factor analysis was performed to evaluate the overall validity of a survey instrument which purports to give useable results in respect to teaching methods and approaches. It was found that the survey instrument was flawed in that the ten compulsory questions of which it is constituted, all collapsed into one dimension. This dimension was determined to be the extent of popularity of the lecturer for whom the survey was conducted. In essence, the survey is not an evaluation of teaching, but rather students' opinions of the lecturer concerned. It was concluded that the SET survey serves no educational purpose and is a violation of academic freedom and lecturers' rights.
Details
- Title
- The Validity of Student Evaluations of Teaching
- Authors
- Peter Slade (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of BusinessChris McConville (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- International Journal for Educational Integrity, Vol.2(2), pp.140-155
- Publisher
- University of South Australia, Mawson Lake Campus
- Date published
- 2006
- DOI
- 10.21913/IJEI.v2i2.21
- ISSN
- 1833-2595
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449666702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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