Instructional competencies and personal attributes of faculty members of Overseas Education College, Xiamen University AY 2014-2015 / by Hong Miao

Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy in Education) Cavite State University

Includes bibliographical references.

Graduate Studies Open Learning College (GSOLC)

HONG MIAO, Instructional Competencies and Personal Attributes of Faculty Members of Overseas Education College, Xiamen University AY 2014 - 2015. A dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy in Education. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. June 2015. Adviser: Bishop Emerito P. Nacpil.

This study was an attempt to assess the instructional competencies of tertiary faculty members of Overseas Education College of Xiamen University for the first semester of academic year 2014-2015.

Specifically, it aims tc determine: (a) the profile of the respondents in terms of gender; (b) the personal attributes of the tertiary faculty members of Overseas Education College of Xiamen University in terms of smartness and groom, tactful in dealing with students, commands attention and respect, distracting mannerisms in speech and movement, refinement in manners, well modulated voice, proper grooming and attire, sense of humor, relations with students, and enthusiasm and dynamism; (c) the professional instructional competencies attributes of tertiary faculty members of Overseas Education College of Xiamen University in terms of teaching skills, guidance skills, management skills, ethnical! skills, evaluation skills and human relation skills; and (d) the significant relationship between the personal and professional attributes of tertiary faculty members of Overseas Education College of Xiamen University.

The researcher used a descriptive method of survey where the students of tertiary faculty members of Overseas Education College of Xiamen University were asked to perceive their teacher’s instructional competencies both personal and_professional attributes through answering 70 item Likert Scale questionnaires.

The population frame of the research study constituted 120 students of tertiary faculty members of Overseas Education College of Xiamen University, for the academic year 2014-2015. The researcher used the total number of 120 students enrolled in the program as the respondents, however only 80 questionnaires were retrieved.

A 70-item Likert Scale questionnaire was adapted from the study done by Evelyn Veloria of the University of Santo Tomas. The four-point Likert scale used in rating the instructional competencies of teachers was designed to asked the respondents to choose a number from | to 4, representing the degree of competencies of the teachers as perceived by the students. The respondents were instructed to carefully read each question, and then check the most appropriate response according to their perception.

The following statistical tools were applied to arrive at the results of the study: weighted mean (WM) was used to determine the instructional competencies of the teachers, frequency was used to count and identify the number male and female respondent included in this study, and Pearson’s r was used to test the relationship between the personal and professional attributes.

Findings showed that most of the respondents were male based on the frequency of 46 or 58%. In terms of personal attributes/instructional competencies of the tertiary faculty members of Overseas Education College of Xiamen University, the participants assessed the tertiary faculty for their smartness and being well-groomed as “very much” competent with a weighted mean of 3.47. Likewise, they were assessed as tactful in dealing with students having a weighted mean of 3.43; commanded and respect from their students with mean score of 3.49; showed refinement in manners to their students with weighted mean of 3.4; had well modulated voice with weighted mean of 3.52; were varied evaluation tools like the use of Rubrics and Tables of Significations. There is a need to improve their evaluation skills in order to really test thé efficiency of the teachers concerned and find out if the students can really come across the lessons delivered by them.

Submitted copy to the University Library. 07-20-2017 T-6758