Assessing university students’ perceptions of teacher care

Assessing university students’ perceptions of teacher care

• Tang, Anne L L The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Sun Tung, Vincent Wing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Walker-Gleaves, Caroline Newcastle University
• Rattray, Julie Durham University

Quality in Higher Education, 29(3), 284-301, 2023

Taylor & Francis

2023

• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Teacher Care Pedagogical Care Holistic Care Relational Care Higher Education University Students

• Hong Kong
• Macau
• Republic of Fiji
• Taiwan
• United Kingdom

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This study aimed to examine university students’ perceptions of teacher care overall and in the three constructs of pedagogical care, holistic care and relational care, to consider their inclusion in quality enhancement models. Quantitative research using self-administrated online survey was conducted with undergraduates in Hong Kong, Macau, Republic of Fiji, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Based on the descriptive and paired-sample t -test analyses, empirical results have shown that university students perceived teacher care as important. They ascribed the highest importance to relational care, followed by pedagogical care and holistic care. This research advocates recognising the importance of teacher care in university education and integrating it into higher education pedagogy. This article proposes a caring quality mechanism for enhancing teaching quality, to address the inadequacy of the audit-focused quality system. © 2022 Informa UK Limited.

• English

Journal Articles

• 13538322

• 10.1080/13538322.2022.2042894

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/cf77a69e

2024-07-11