Qué significa para el alumnado que el profesorado “le ayuda a aprender”?

• Risso, Alicia ^[1] ; Almeida, Leandro ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade da Coruña

     Universidade da Coruña

     A Coruña, España

     
  2. [2] Universidade do Minho

     Universidade do Minho

     Braga (São José de São Lázaro), Portugal

     
• Localización: New Trends in Qualitative Research, ISSN-e 2184-7770, Nº. 15, 2022
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • What does it mean to students that teachers "help them to learn"?
  • What does it mean to students that teachers "help them to learn"?
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  • español

    Desde hace bastantes años la evaluación docente incluye información obtenida mediante cuestionarios auto-administrados en los que el alumnado valora a su profesorado a través de preguntas más o menos cerradas. Una pregunta que ha resultado con un alto poder predictivo de la satisfacción global con cada docente suele tener una redacción del tipo “este/a profesor/a me ayuda a aprender”, pero ¿qué significa esa frase? Para averiguarlo se llevó a cabo una investigación cualitativa con más de 600 explicaciones al respecto, a partir de datos recogidos de una población de alumnado universitario matriculado en titulaciones de grado y máster. El 95 % provenían de estudiantes que habían participado en la evaluación docente cuantitativa al menos una vez. Los textos analizados tenían muy diferentes longitudes, oscilando entre 7 y 365 palabras. Se separaron en función de si hacían referían a una valoración alta o baja y se extrajeron las palabras empleadas con más frecuencia en unos y otros casos. Los resultados muestran que se emplean diferentes verbos y sustantivos para explicar el sentido de las puntuaciones cuantitativas otorgadas. En este contexto, nociones como “explicar”, “entender/comprender”, “prácticas”, “motivar”, “preocuparse por el alumnado” o “contestar dudas”, son los que adquieren mayor relevancia. Adicionalmente, los análisis preliminares también muestran diferencias en las respuestas en relación con el sexo, el nivel de estudios y el área a la que se adscriben las titulaciones que se están cursando. La edad también parece tener cierta relevancia. Estos hallazgos podrán ser empleados no solo para mejorar la interpretación de los datos cuantitativos de las encuestas de evaluación docente, sino para hacer propuestas de mejora de carácter más amplio.

     

  • English

    For a number of years, teacher evaluation has been carried out by means of self-administered questionnaires in which students assess their teachers by means of more or less closed questions. One question that has been found to be highly predictive of overall satisfaction with every teacher is often worded as "this teacher helps me to learn", but what does this phrase means? To find out about this, a qualitative research study was carried out with more than 600 explanations, based on data collected from a population of university students enrolled in Bachelor's and Master's degrees. The 95% of the texts came from students who had participated in the quantitative teaching assessment at least one time. The analysed texts were of very different lengths, ranging from 7 to 365 words. They were categorised according to whether they referred to high or low evaluation, and the most frequently used words were extracted. The results show that different verbs and nouns are used to explain the meaning of the quantitative ratings given. In this context, concepts such as "explain", "understand/comprehend", "practice", "motivate", "care about the students” or "answer questions" are the most relevant. In addition, preliminary analyses also show differences in responses in relation to gender, level of studies and the area of study of the degrees being pursued. Age also seems to be of some relevance. These findings can be used not only to improve the interpretation of quantitative data from teacher evaluation surveys, but also to make broader proposals for improvement.

  • português

    For a number of years, teacher evaluation has included information obtained from self-administered questionnaires in which students assess their teachers by means of more or less closed questions. One question that has been found to be highly predictive of overall satisfaction with every teacher is often worded as "this teacher helps me to learn", but what does this phrase mean? To find out about this, a qualitative research study was carried out with more than 600 explanations, based on data collected from a population of university students enrolled in Bachelor's and Master's degrees. The 95% of the texts came from students who had participated in the quantitative teaching assessment at least one time. The analysed texts were of very different lengths, ranging from 7 to 365 words. They were categorised according to whether they referred to high or low evaluation, and the most frequently used words were extracted. The results show that different verbs and nouns are used to explain the meaning of the quantitative ratings given.  In this context, concepts such as "explain", "understand/comprehend", "practice", "motivate", "care about the students” or "answer questions" are the most relevant. In addition, preliminary analyses also show differences in responses in relation to gender, level of studies and the area of study of the degrees being pursued. Age also seems to be of some relevance. These findings can be used not only to improve the interpretation of quantitative data from teacher evaluation surveys, but also to make broader proposals for improvement.