Sakineh Sharifian; Batool Amini; Salimeh Goharinezhad; Roghayeh Gandomkar
Volume 11, Issue 3 , November 2014, , Pages 367-377
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of faculty members teaching activities by student is one of the commonly used methods the use of which has increased accordingly over time Therefore dynamic and meaningful participation of the students in the process is imperative The purpose of this study ...
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Background & Objective: Evaluation of faculty members teaching activities by student is one of the commonly used methods the use of which has increased accordingly over time Therefore dynamic and meaningful participation of the students in the process is imperative The purpose of this study is to understand the knowledge of students of the evaluation process and its challenges and their solutions Methods: This qualitative study was performed in 3 schools of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran in 2012 The opinions of student were collected during 3 focus group discussions with the participation of 19 students Participants were selected based on purposive sampling from among the student advisory committee All group discussions were recorded and then transcribed Data were analyzed by content analysis For credibility and authentication of data the peer monitoring and review method was used Results: Major themes include the input challenges with 2 subthemes (barriers to participation and factors affecting evaluation) the process challenges with 2 subthemes (the evaluation time and students preferred format for evaluation) and the impact challenges with 2 subthemes (publication of results and reward and punishment evaluation systems) Conclusion: The perceptions and awareness of students about the evaluation process and its application is important in the increasing of participation and their seriousness in answering questions Thus in order to reduce bias in the evaluation process it is recommended that suitable and timely information be given to students and faculty members courses be performed to familiarize them with the concept and application of evaluation and the evaluation questionnaires be revised
Ali Asghar Arabi Mianroodi; Zahra Asgari Baravati; Nages Khanjani
Volume 9, Issue 1 , July 2012, , Pages 65-76
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Background & Objectives: Nowadays improvement of teaching quality is one of the basics for a credible higher education system and without doubt evaluation and monitoring of teaching quality are important for reaching this goal However different studies have shown that academic evaluation is one of ...
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Background & Objectives: Nowadays improvement of teaching quality is one of the basics for a credible higher education system and without doubt evaluation and monitoring of teaching quality are important for reaching this goal However different studies have shown that academic evaluation is one of the most controversial topics in Medical Education and deserves more research and attention Meanwhile the experience of academics as the subjects of these assessments can be very helpful Methods: The current study is a qualitative (phenomenology) study Interested academics were invited to participate in 4 focus groups each including 6 to 8 participants Open unstructured questions were asked Participants suggested different methods of academic assessment and commented on the pros and cons of each The focus group discussions ended when the conductors felt data saturation has been met Results : Data were analyzed through theme analysis method A total of nine different data sources including seven subjective sources (asking from students head of faculty head of department and colleagues as well as selfassessment twoway assessment and assessment by a third party) and two objective ones (students scoring and the academics output) were mentioned and their pros and cons were explored thoroughly and the methods for increasing data quality from each source were also proposed Conclusion: In order to acquire more fair results academic assessment should rather be done through an appropriate combination of different information sources and by considering the current situation and the shortcomings of each source
