Research Article
What Makes an Effective Lecturer? Voices from Students and Implication for Policy Makers in Indonesia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286091, author={Asep Suparman and Muhamad T Hidayat and Wiguna A Ilyas and Hany Apriliani}, title={What Makes an Effective Lecturer? Voices from Students and Implication for Policy Makers in Indonesia}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Business, Law And Pedagogy, ICBLP 2019, 13-15 February 2019, Sidoarjo, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICBLP}, year={2019}, month={10}, keywords={students’ perception effective lecturer teaching effectiveness}, doi={10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286091} }- Asep Suparman
Muhamad T Hidayat
Wiguna A Ilyas
Hany Apriliani
Year: 2019
What Makes an Effective Lecturer? Voices from Students and Implication for Policy Makers in Indonesia
ICBLP
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286091
Abstract
No one has a bigger stake in education than students. Their views on teaching effectiveness are worth serious attention. This study examined students’ perceptions of effective lecturers. Students’ beliefs, opinions, and concerns about their lecturers were documented through open-ended questionnaires, students’ narratives, and interviews. The students identified as many as 25 attributes of an effective lecturer, from which we concluded that students perceived an effective lecturer as one who could establish a good interpersonal relationship with students and had good communication skills. Much to our surprise, a lecturer’s academic background, years of service, and mastery of instructional materials were not much of their concerns. This may imply and should be well noted by policy makers in Indonesia that qualified lecturers are not necessarily effective lecturers.