Attitude of Lecturers towards Student’s Evaluation of Their Teaching Effectiveness in Nigerian Universities

Abstract

This study was carried out to ascertain the attitude of lecturers in Nigerian universities towards students’ evaluation of their teaching effectiveness. Descriptive survey was employed in carrying out the study. The population comprised all lecturers in three universities in south-south Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of five hundred and fifty lecturers out of which four hundred and ninety responded. A self designed questionnaire titled “lecturers attitude inventory” (LAI) was used for data collection. The instrument was divided into two sections. Section A comprised lecturers’ personal data while section b was made up of twenty six (26) items designed to elicit lecturers’ attitude towards students’ evaluation of their teaching effectiveness. A reliability index of 0.85 was calculated through the test-retest method. Simple percentage was used to analyze the research questions while chi square statistics was used to analyze the hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that most of the lecturers have positive attitude towards students’ evaluation of their teaching effectiveness. It was also found that gender, age and teaching experience made significant differences while professional status and discipline did not make significant differences in the attitude of lecturers towards students’ evaluation of their teaching effectiveness. Recommendations were made based on the findings

Key words: Student evaluation, teaching effectiveness