%0 Journal Article
%T QUALITY IN TEACHING THROUGH SELF ASSESSMENT
%A Berrington Xolani Siphosakhe Ntombela
%J Academic Research International
%D 2013
%I 
%X Students are central in the core business of institutions of higher learning. Due to the increase inter alia in competition, the value of teaching is increasingly becoming a determining factor of whether students will opt for one education institution or the other. This leaves teachers with a burden to enhance quality in teaching by reason of enriching student experience. This paper reports the exploration of utilising diary entries in conjunction with student feedback as means of self-assessment. These diary entries were started in the beginning of the semester, recording teacher¡¯s experience with teaching materials and student reactions to the materials and teachingapproach. Student feedback was also conducted during the course of the semester on different timelines: some at the beginning of the semester and some towards the end of the semester. The results reveal students¡¯ attitude towards teaching methodology and the clash between course expectations and students¡¯ envisaged experience. The paper argues that students¡¯ expectations are largely influenced by past educationalexperiences, which they use as yardstick to measure success or failure in their current experience. Furthermore, the paper postulates that teachers¡¯ frustrations are impacted by expectations that are matched against students¡¯ experiences. The paper¡¯s main conclusion therefore is that quality teaching stands to improve when course delivery and outcomes are a negotiated process, taking into considerationstudents¡¯ experiences without compromising the envisaged course outcomes.
%K Self-assessment
%K self-reflection
%K action research
%K diaries
%K quality teaching.
%U http://www.savap.org.pk/journals/ARInt./Vol.4(2)/2013(4.2-38).pdf