Gulko, Nadia, Barber, Keiron, Bouten, Lies, Churyk, Natalie Tatiana, Everaert, Patricia, Gordon, Elizabeth A., Kawor, Seyram, Lento, Camillo, Mcguigan, Nicholas, Middelberg, Susanna L., Mintah, Enoch Opare, Muthaiyah, Saravanan, Sahoo, Suresh Kumar, Sarwar, Madiha, Uwuigbe, Olubukunola R. and Withanage, Nadeeka (2024) Let the students be heard: student voices on teaching excellence awards. Studies in Higher Education. ISSN 0307-5079 (Print), 1470-174X (Online) (doi:10.1080/03075079.2024.2396453)

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Abstract

Globally, academics are encouraged to facilitate teaching excellence. Many business schools use teaching excellence awards to recognize exceptional efforts toward students’ learning, foster pedagogical innovation, and improve faculty motivation. However, prior literature has noted that many business schools lack clear and transparent criteria for TE awards, which can hinder the process and potentially reduce the motivational effects. Research has yet to fully incorporate student voices across a global setting into the evaluation criterion. As a result, this study seeks to identify universal criteria for TE awards based on a large-scale survey of 2,775 business students across eleven countries and five continents intending to capture global student perspectives. First, we reveal whether the possession of a TE award for an educator has any importance from students’ perspectives. Second, we find that students across the globe have a general agreement regarding the criteria for awarding an excellent educator by identifying 30 criteria for TE awards students noted across our global sample. Third, we reveal 15 criteria that are specific to some countries but not globally. Lastly, we explore the differences in TE award criteria across different study levels. Overall, our study makes a significant contribution by identifying global criteria based on student voice to inform the development of teaching excellence award criteria in business education or by higher education providers and professional bodies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	teaching excellence, teaching awards criteria, global student voice, higher education, business students
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HF Commerce L Education > L Education (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) Greenwich Business School > School of Accounting, Finance and Economics
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 09:07
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48658

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