Students' Perception on Effective Teaching: A Small Scale Study at English Teacher Education Program Satya Wacana Christian University

Abstract

With the highly growth of higher education systems, effective teaching, as one essential thing, has been seen as a teaching evaluation in catering the needs of students' learning. This study, therefore, is aimed to examine students' perceptions on effective teaching. It is elaborated into two research objectives examining on (a) students' identification of the main characteristics of effective teaching and (b) why those particular points are viewed as the main characteristics of effective teaching. The data were collected through questionnaire, consisting of closed-ended and open-ended items. The participants of this research were 100 students of the English Teacher Education Program, Faculty of Language and Literature at Satya Wacana Christian University. The results show that students in English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature understand all of the twelve characteristics of effective teaching, with some characteristics are appeared more dominantly than the others. The highest rated in English Teacher Education Program, Faculty of Language and Literature is teacher can provide clear expl anation and the lowest rated is the teacher sets high expectations to students to perform well on their study.