scholarly journals Teachers’ Motivation for Teaching in Higher Education: Portuguese Validation of a Questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Silva Almeida ◽  
Maria Alfredo Moreira ◽  
Suzana Nunes Caldeira ◽  
Sara Medeiros Soares ◽  
Natascha van Hattum-Janssen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Personal Efficacy ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Teaching Responsibilities ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education ◽  
Quality Learning ◽  
Further Development

Abstract Motivation for teaching is key in the establishment and further development of high-quality higher education, as it affects teachers’ investment in quality learning experiences for their students, as well as institutional efficacy and well-being. This study aimed to validate a questionnaire, originally developed in Belgium, designed to evaluate three dimensions (self-efficacy, interest, and effort) of intrinsic motivation for teaching for a different national population. The sample consisted of 616 academics working in public higher education institutions in Portugal. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted and internal consistency of items analyzed. The results show that the original dimensionality of the construct is confirmed in the Portuguese teachers’ sample. Motivation for teaching in the Portuguese context is primarily explained by the following factors: personal efficacy, interest in the task, and effort placed on teaching responsibilities. A difference was found in that personal efficacy could not be divided in context and general personal efficacy.

Higher Education at a Crossroads

2016 ◽  
pp. 27-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Lemoine ◽  
Thomas Hackett ◽  
Michael D. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
University Research ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The Road ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World ◽  
Quality Learning ◽  
The Impact

The leadership needs to develop new organizational structures and systems that will promote and encourage quality learning and the ability to assess the impact of the teaching. Governments across the world have steadily minimized their support for public higher education, and costs associated with gaining a degree have increased constantly over the last decade. Most universities are forced to adopt a restructuring model for commoditizing education to make a profit from large numbers of students. The road ahead for higher education is filled with challenges, risks and uncertainties that begin with education being valued as more than a simple commodity: education becomes a public good. Higher education is increasingly viewed as a major instrument of economic development. In order to hold universities accountable despite limited governmental budgets, many nations have adopted performance-based university research funding strategies for targeted programs.

scholarly journals Measuring a University’s Image: Is Reputation an Influential Factor?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Belén Gutiérrez-Villar ◽  
Purificación Alcaide-Pulido ◽  
Mariano Carbonero-Ruz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
University Education ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Higher Education Management ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The University

Today, the higher education sector can be considered a market and, within it, private university education is a common marketable service in the literature on higher education management. Research on the analysis of the variables that generate the university image has been the subject of numerous investigations. Although there is no generally accepted definition, most authors approach the measurement of image through multi-factor scales, with variables relating to functional and psychological elements. This research aims to contribute to study of the most determinant variables in measuring a product’s image, assessing especially the effect of the reputation construct. This was done through measuring the image of the “private university” product as perceived by citizens of Andalusia, based on a standardized model with three dimensions—functional and affective aspects and reputation. After adapting and validating the questionnaire, a two-phase procedure is performed with double validation through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results show an adapted scale valid for measuring the image of a generic product; with presentation and discussion of a series of advantages of incorporating reputation and measuring image through models with three dimensions. This article goes deeper into the possible influence of reputation as a determinant factor in measuring image, an assumption arising from some models for measuring image, something that so far has not been sufficiently contrasted.

scholarly journals Confirmatory factor analysis of the essential digital competencies for undergraduate students in Thai higher education institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thamasan Suwanroj ◽  
Punnee Leekitchwatana ◽  
Paitoon Pimdee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Digital Competency

The purpose of this descriptive study was to apply 2nd order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural relationship models to identify the digital competency components essential to undergraduate students in Thai higher education institutions. The sample comprised 1,126 specialists in Information Technology, Computer Technology, Computer Education, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering working in public higher education instructions throughout the country. The selection was the result of multi-stage random sampling from 76 public higher education instructions that offer undergraduate education. The instrument was a questionnaire form on essential digital competency components for undergraduate students in higher education institutions. The question items employed a 7-point Likert scale and showed Cronbach's alpha values for the content validity and reliability at a range of.93-.97 per domain and .87-.99 per component. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics for general data and 2nd Order CFA analysis. The findings revealed that from 24 observed variables, there were 7 competency components.: 1) Fundamental of digital ; 2) Accessing digital information; 3) Using digital information; 4) Creating digital information and media; 5) Communicating digital information; 6) Managing digital information; and 7) Evaluating digital information. The discovery from this study was substantially constructive for Thai higher education institutions as it could be used to design an essential digital competency framework of the 21st century.

scholarly journals JOB SATISFACTION AND INDIVIDUAL HAPPINESS AMONG EMPLOYEES AT A PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-213
Author(s):  
Siti Rosnita Sakarji ◽  
◽  
Wan Nor Hazimah Wan Azib ◽  
Azyanee Luqman ◽  
Nooradzlina Nooradzlina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Employee Behaviors ◽  
Employee Happiness

Employees are the most important asset of organizations. Making them happy with their workplace and the work itself will benefit not only the employees but also the organizations. Employee satisfaction is also based on their awareness of future development. Hence, this paper aims to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and five variables of pay, colleague, management, nature of work and promotion toward individual happiness. Data were collected from 126 respondents from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM), a public higher education institution in Malaysia using simple random sampling. Subsequently, the data were derived using SPSS Version 22.0. The findings indicated that there is a positive relationship between pay, colleague, management, nature of work, and promotion. Based on the results, the nature of work and promotion are the most important factors that influence employee happiness, thus leading to job satisfaction. Moreover, the result from the hypothesis test revealed that there is a significant relationship between pay, colleague, management, nature of work, and promotion. These findings may guide the implementation of policies by human resources or other organization management in a higher education institution. For instance, they may use job happiness (mental well-being) as a predictor of employee behaviors and then formulate recruitment policies that will help maintain employee happiness and satisfaction, thereby helping in employee retention.

Higher Education at a Crossroads

2021 ◽  
pp. 1253-1286
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Lemoine ◽  
Thomas Hackett ◽  
Michael D. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
University Research ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
The Road ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World ◽  
Quality Learning ◽  
The Impact

The leadership needs to develop new organizational structures and systems that will promote and encourage quality learning and the ability to assess the impact of the teaching. Governments across the world have steadily minimized their support for public higher education, and costs associated with gaining a degree have increased constantly over the last decade. Most universities are forced to adopt a restructuring model for commoditizing education to make a profit from large numbers of students. The road ahead for higher education is filled with challenges, risks and uncertainties that begin with education being valued as more than a simple commodity: education becomes a public good. Higher education is increasingly viewed as a major instrument of economic development. In order to hold universities accountable despite limited governmental budgets, many nations have adopted performance-based university research funding strategies for targeted programs.

scholarly journals Service Quality: Pengembangan Instrumen Penilaian Jasa Layanan Pendidikan

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-156
Author(s):  
Agustinus Februadi ◽  
Mukaram
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Quality In Higher Education ◽  
Faculty And Administrators

Students’ evaluations of teaching (SETs) have been an important and the most commonly used method for evaluating teaching quality in higher education institutions. They provide feedback from students to faculty and administrators. The majority SET instruments used in Indonesia were developed based on the faculty/administrators’ knowledge and experience or adopted from other higher education institutions with or without modifications. This study aims to develop a SET instrument based on both educational theory and empirical data. Using data collected from a total of 755 students of Politeknik Negeri Bandung, the underlying dimensions and the psychometric properties of the instrument were tested. The exploratory factor analysis generated a three-factor solution. A confirmatory factor analysis was then run to cross-validate the item indicators of each factor/dimension. The reliability and validity of the instrument were also tested. The final version of SET instrument encompasses 15 items in three dimensions. The three dimensions were labeled as preparation and organization (4 items), instructional delivery (7 items), and examination and feedback (4 items). Although it was developed using student samples from Politeknik Negeri Bandung, the newly developed instrument can be used in any higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Service Quality: Pengembangan Instrumen Penilaian Jasa Layanan Pendidikan

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Agustinus Februadi ◽  
Mukaram Mukaram
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Quality In Higher Education ◽  
Faculty And Administrators

Students’ evaluations of teaching (SETs) have been an important and the most commonly used method for evaluating teaching quality in higher education institutions. They provide feedback from students to faculty and administrators. The majority SET instruments used in Indonesia were developed based on the faculty/administrators’ knowledge and experience or adopted from other higher education institutions with or without modifications. This study aims to develop a SET instrument based on both educational theory and empirical data. Using data collected from a total of 755 students of Politeknik Negeri Bandung, the underlying dimensions and the psychometric properties of the instrument were tested. The exploratory factor analysis generated a three-factor solution. A confirmatory factor analysis was then run to cross-validate the item indicators of each factor/dimension. The reliability and validity of the instrument were also tested. The final version of SET instrument encompasses 15 items in three dimensions. The three dimensions were labeled as preparation and organization (4 items), instructional delivery (7 items), and examination and feedback (4 items). Although it was developed using student samples from Politeknik Negeri Bandung, the newly developed instrument can be used in any higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Supporting high-quality teaching in higher education through the HowUTeach self-reflection tool

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
Anna Parpala ◽  
Liisa Postareff
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Individual Self ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

This article introduces the development of the self-reflection tool HowUTeach for higher education teachers. HowUTeach is a research-based self-assessment tool created primarily for teachers in both science universities and universities of applied sciences. The purpose of HowUTeach is to increase teachers’ awareness of their teaching and thereby enhance individual self-reflection relating to work and well-being. HowUTeach uses responses to a questionnaire as a base to generate feedback that includes descriptions of different teaching dimensions as well as ideas on how to develop and improve teaching practices. This article defines these dimensions and presents the idea of counter feedback. The results from the pilot tests of HowUTeach were promising, and teachers identified that the instrument advanced their teaching practices. The tool is now being developed further.

Psychometric Definition of Rorschach Determinant Component Structure

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond M. Costello
Keyword(s):  
Lower Order ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Component Structure ◽  
Exner's Comprehensive System ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Definition Of

This is an empirical examination of Experienced Stimulation (es) and Experience Actual (EA) from Exner's Comprehensive System (CS) for Rorschach's Test, spurred by Kleiger's theoretical critique. Principal components analysis, Cronbach's α, and inter-item correlational analyses were used to test whether 13 determinants used to code Rorschach responses (M, FM, m, CF+C, YF+Y, C'F+C', TF+T, VF+V, FC, FC', FV, FY, FT) are best represented as a one, two, or more-dimensional construct. The 13 determinants appear to reflect three dimensions, a “lower order” sensori-motor dimension (m + CF+C + YF+Y + C'F+C' + TF+T + VF+V) with a suggested label of Modified Experienced Stimulation (MES), a “higher order” sensori-motor dimension (FM + FV + FY + FT) with a suggested label of Modified Experience Potential (MEP), and a third sensori-motor dimension (M+FC+FC') for which the label of Modified Experience Actual (MEA) is suggested. These findings are consistent with Kleiger's arguments and could lead to a refinement of CS constructs by aggregating determinants along lines more theoretically congruous and more internally consistent. A RAMONA model with parameters specified was presented for replication attempts which use confirmatory factor analytic techniques.

Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Evaluation Questionnaire ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

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