Student and faculty perceptions of effective teaching: A successful replication

We surveyed comprehensive community college faculty and students concerning their perspectives on effective teaching, Our results closely paralleled Buskist, Sikorski, Buckley, and Saville (2002). Both students and faculty ranked the following among the top 10 qualities or behaviors of effective teachers. (a) approachable, (b) creative and interesting, (c) encouraging and caring, (d) enthusiastic, (e) flexible and open-minded, (P knowledgeable, (g) realistic expectations and fair, and (h) respectful. The few differences in faculty and student rankings in both samples reflected faculty emphasis on teaching technique and student emphasis on the student-teacher relationship.