Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK
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2022-12-31
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Purpose – The issues in the current Built Environment Higher Education (BEHE) curricula recognise a critical need for enhancing the quality of teaching. This paper aims to identify the need for a best practice in teaching within Built Environment Higher Education (BEHE) curricula and recommend a set of drivers to enhance the current teaching practices in the Built Environment (BE) education. The study focused on section one of the National Student Survey (NSS) – Teaching on my course; with a core focus on improving student satisfaction, making the subject interesting, creating an intellectually stimulating environment, and challenging learners. Methodology- The research method used in this study is the mixed method, 1.) A document analysis consisting of feedback from undergraduate students, and 2.) A closed-ended questionnaire to the academics in the BEHE context. More than 375 student feedback were analysed to understand the teaching practices in BE and fed forward to developing the closed-ended questionnaire for 23 academics, including a Head of school, a Principal lecturer, Subject leads and lecturers. The data was collected from Architecture, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, and Building surveying disciplines representing BE context. The data obtained from both instruments were analysed with content analysis to develop 24 drivers to enhance quality of teaching. These drivers were then modelled using the Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) method to identify their correlation and criticality to NSS section one themes. Findings – The study revealed 10 independent, 11 dependent and 3 autonomous drivers, facilitating the best teaching practices in BEHE. The study further recommends that the drivers be implemented as illustrated in the level partitioning diagrams under each NSS section one to enhance the quality of teaching in BEHE. Practical implications: The recommended set of drivers and the level partitioning can be set as a guideline for academics and other academic institutions to enhance quality of teaching. This could be further used to improve student satisfaction and overall NSS results to increase the rankings of academic institutions. Originality/Value: New knowledge can be recognised with the ISM analysis and level partitioning diagrams of the recommended drivers to assist academics and academic institutions in developing quality of teaching.Citation
Gomis, M.K.S., Saini, M., Pathirage, C. and Arif, M. (in press) Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK. Quality Assurance in Education.Publisher
EmeraldJournal
Quality Assurance in EducationAdditional Links
https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0968-4883Type
Journal articleLanguage
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Emerald (in press). The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
0968-4883ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1108/QAE-03-2022-0072
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