The "Ideal Professor" and Gender Effects in Christian Higher Education

A survey was administered to 451 undergraduate students at a private liberal arts Christian university to identify students' perceptions of the ideal professor. The survey revealed that the ideal professor places great emphasis on the integration of faith and learning, is flexible (and even eas...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Christian higher education (London, UK) UK), 2012-01, Vol.11 (3), p.158-176
Main Authors: Woods, Robert H., Badzinski, Diane M., Fritz, Janie M. Harden, Yeates, Sarah E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Standards
Christianity
Church Related Colleges
College Faculty
College professors
College students
Gender
Gender Differences
Higher education
Liberal Arts
Perceptions
Religious Education
Religious Factors
Student Attitudes
Surveys
Teacher Characteristics
Teaching Styles
Undergraduate Students
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A survey was administered to 451 undergraduate students at a private liberal arts Christian university to identify students' perceptions of the ideal professor. The survey revealed that the ideal professor places great emphasis on the integration of faith and learning, is flexible (and even easy), maintains high academic standards, encourages students, and has an adaptive teaching style. Findings also highlighted gender differences in student perception of the ideal professor. Women perceived an adaptable teaching style, encouragement, and integration of faith and learning as slightly more important than men did in defining the characteristics of an ideal professor. Implications are framed in terms of student expectations for content and relationship dimensions of learning associated with Christian colleges and universities.
ISSN:1536-3759
1539-4107
DOI:10.1080/15363759.2011.598378