DĖSTYTOJO ĮVAIZDIS IR JO ĮTAKA STUDIJŲ KOKYBEI SUVOKTI
TEACHER’S IMAGE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE QUALITY OF STUDIES

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this work was to reveal the specific featu¬res of the teacher’s image and to outline its effect on how students perceive the quality of studies. The teacher’s image is analyzed in the literature overview. Its features are based on professional ima¬ge and teaching profession. A structural-functional model was constructed. A student survey was conveyed in one of the most valued higher education institutions – Faculty of economics of Vilnius university in order to determi¬ne how the teacher’s image affects the perception of the quality of studies. A group questionnaire required students to express their opinion on the image of the faculty, to evaluate the quality of studies and to define the “portrait” of the teacher. During the period 1 December 2008. – 25 March 2009, 336 students from the Faculty of economics answered the ques¬tions. The overview of previously performed similar researches at the Faculty of was used as an additional information source. The following key components of the teacher’s image were outlined: the main components related to the understanding of the subject and the teaching principles; important and trivial components related to the teacher’s personality, ability to involve the student into the study process; and components of least importance, related to the visual perception of teaching.

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