Using expectations and satisfaction to measure the frontiers of efficiency in public universities     

Mainardes  Emerson  Alves  Helena  Raposo  Mario 《Tertiary Education and Management》2014,20(4):339-353

Students’ satisfaction with their university and course is of fundamental importance to retain students and promote their positive worth-of-mouth. The objective of this research is to analyse the level of efficiency of Portuguese public universities, according to the expectations and satisfaction of their students. To accomplish the objective, this article uses data envelopment analysis methodology. As our unit of analysis, we selected the faculties making up the universities researched. The analytical input came from the expectations of 1669 students regarding their study programme and their universities. The outputs stem from their satisfaction with their study programmes and their universities. We conclude that university practices do not currently guarantee efficiency. We also observe that efficiency in the relationship between expectations and general satisfaction with the study programme does not represent efficiency in the relationship between expectations and general satisfaction with the university, and vice versa.  相似文献   

Hybrid configurations of leadership in higher education employer engagement     

Richard Bolden  Georgy Petrov 《Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management》2014,36(4):408-417

Recent literature has emphasised the distributed nature of leadership in higher education (HE) and the multitude of actors and factors that contribute towards organisational outcomes. Gronn suggests, however, that rather than using such evidence to provide broad, normative accounts of leadership practice, greater attention should be directed to mapping the ‘hybrid configurations’ through which leadership practice emerges. This article responds to this call through an analysis of employer engagement activities in UK HE. Using a qualitative case study approach, it illustrates the complex, interdependent and contested nature of leadership practice in cross-boundary environments. The article concludes by suggesting how a hybrid perspective may enhance leadership theory and practice in tertiary education.  相似文献   

A Model of Academic Self-Concept for High School Hispanic Students in New York     

Flor R. Calero  Christopher Dalley  Nicole Fernandez  Tania Marie Davenport-Dalley  Stephanie L. Tatum 《Journal of Latinos & Education》2014,13(1):33-43

This study examined how Hispanic students’ academic self-concept influences the independent variables of family academic expectations, peer relationships, schoolwork, and student–teacher relationships. A survey was administered to 222 ninth-grade students in Long Island, New York, 99 of whom self-identified as Hispanic. A structural equation model analyzed the influence of the independent variables on the dependent variable, academic self-concept. A multiple regression analysis indicated that peer relationships, family academic expectations, and schoolwork were significant predictors of students’ academic self-concept. Peer relationships was a modifying variable on students’ academic self-concept.  相似文献   

当前安徽省幼儿家长对男幼儿教师职业素质期望的调查与思考     

夏道明  ;田章飞 《淮南师范学院学报》2014,(4):135-137

男幼儿教师加入学前教育领域备受社会的期待,更为幼儿家长们所关注。在当前安徽省幼儿家长对男幼儿教师职业素质期望的调查中显示:幼儿家长对男幼儿教师的学历要求专科以上居多,专业须科班出身,同时要求有体育锻炼、游戏为主的全面教育能力,素质中要求以爱心、责任心为首,看中性格开朗而阳刚为首的男性特质优势。针对幼儿家长们的期望,培养并留住男幼儿教师,服务于安徽省的学前教育事业,提出三个方面问题的思考。  相似文献   

A Pilot Study on Expectations on the Quality of Interpretation: Employers' View     

文苑 《海外英语》2014,(1)

This paper reports a small-scale pilot study on the expectations on interpretation quality from employers. It is based on a questionnaire, in which eight criteria of quality and two open-ended questions are listed. The participants were asked to rate the eight criteria. The results suggest that different employer groups share similar expectations on high-quality interpretation, but the value they attach to each criterion varies according to their affiliations. Employers sometimes mix interpretation quality with their personal tastes and feelings.  相似文献   

基于不同决策规则的双寡头投资模型混沌分析及控制     

任娟  杜建国 《科技管理研究》2017,(9)

基于有限理性决策及适应性预期,构建不同决策规则的双寡头投资模型,分析系统方程的稳定性及演化混沌机理。借助Matlab仿真工具探讨系统调整参数变动对投资主体行为的影响,利用累计利润指标对系统混沌进行评价,研究投资主体变动成本的相对差异对演化路径的影响。最后在混沌情形下,通过直线控制法对投资主体的变动成本进行调节,实现对系统的稳定控制,改善系统的性态。  相似文献   

‘That teacher really likes me’ - Student-teacher interactions that initiate teacher expectation effects by developing caring relationships     

《Learning and Instruction》2022

Teacher expectations are associated with student academic achievement, but no research has generated new theory that explains how teacher expectation effects occur from students' perspectives. A substantive theory explaining the process through which students reconcile with their teachers' expectations is presented in this paper, emphasising the role of caring student-teacher relationships in teacher expectation effects on academic achievement. The theory was constructed with 25 grade 10 participants across three Western Australian secondary schools, with data including 100 interviews and 175 classroom observations. The analysis and synthesis of the data confirmed that the students acted in ways that they reflected improved their academic attainment when their teachers communicated high expectations of them. Noddings' enduring philosophy of the ‘ethic of care’ is used as a discussion framework, emphasising implications for how teachers practise and learn to interact with their students so that they can initiate positive teacher expectation effects on student learning.  相似文献