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Article Type

Original Research

Authors

Beheshti Rad   R. ()
Ghalavandi   H. (1)
Ghale’ei   A.R. (1)






() Educational Sciences Department, Literature & Human Sciences Faculty, Orumiye University, Hamedan, Iran
(1) Educational Sciences Department, Literature & Human Sciences, Orumiye University, Orumiye, Iran
(1) Educational Sciences Department, Literature & Human Sciences Faculty, Orumiye University, Orumiye, Iran

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Article History

Received:   April  12, 2013
Accepted:   August 19, 2013
ePublished:   December 15, 2013

ABSTRACT

Aims Measuring the effectiveness of teaching and improving the quality of education are the aims of teachers’ evaluation by the students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the teachers’ activity of Urmia University of Medical Sciences by nursing students.
Materials & Methods This descriptive survey performed during 2012-2013 among all the 382 undergraduate nursing students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences and 73 students were selected by simple random sampling. For data collecting, the researcher-made questionnaire of teachers’ educational performance evaluation which contained 30 items at 4 components of teaching method, academic ability, educational discipline and personal and social characteristics of teacher was used. The SPSS 16 statistical software was used to analyze the data using univariate T test.
Findings The mean score of teaching method component was evaluated as 3.32±1.07 (t=2.60, p=.01), academic ability as 3.32±1.15 (t=2.39, p=.01), educational discipline as 3.34±1.19 (t=2.44, p=.01) and personal and social characteristics of teacher as 3.34±1.08 (t=2.71, p=.008) all of which had a significant difference with the deemed limit 3 and were in relatively desirable condition.
Conclusion From the point of view of nursing students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, four components containing personal and social characteristics, teaching method, educational discipline and academic ability are important in teachers’ evaluation.


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