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Assessing university students' perceptions of teacher care

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Caroline Walker-Gleaves

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Abstract

© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 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.

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Author(s): Tang ALL, Tung VWS, Walker-Gleaves C, Rattray J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Quality in Higher Education

Year: 2022

Volume: 29

Issue: 3

Pages: 284-301

Online publication date: 08/03/2022

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

ISSN (print): 1353-8322

ISSN (electronic): 1470-1081

Publisher: Routledge

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2022.2042894

DOI: 10.1080/13538322.2022.2042894

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