Perception of teaching competencies by administrators, faculty and students of Indian agricultural universities: an assessment of faculty training needs

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ramesh, P. (author), Raju, D. Thammi (author), Reddy, K.M. (author), Krishnan, P. (author), Biswas, Amit (author), Umamaheshwari, T. (author), and ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, India Indian Statistical Institute, India Fisheries College and Research Institute, India
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-04-27
    URL:
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1389224X.2019.1609997
    Published:
    India: Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10973
    Journal Title:
    The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    25(4) : 337-359
    Subject Term:
    administration, agricultural education, Asia, educational methods, knowledge level, needs assessment, perceptions, questionnaires, students, teaching, training needs, universities, in-service education, stakeholders, India (Southern Asia), faculty, teaching competencies, agricultural universities, and competency
    Notes:
    24 pages, via online journal, Purpose: The study aims at finding out relevance and knowledge levels of selected teaching competencies as perceived by educational administrators, faculty and students, in order to assess the training needs of faculty of agricultural universities. Methodology: Relevance and knowledge levels were tested through a teaching competency questionnaire developed and run on 292 respondents fitting into administrator, faculty and student groups. Needs Assessment Model by Borich [1980. “A Needs Assessment Model for Conducting Follow-up Studies.” Journal of Teacher Education 31 (3): 39–42] is used to identify training needs. Findings: Results indicate differences in perceptions among groups towards teaching competencies. Prioritized training needs were identified which provide the content and direction for the development of faculty in-service educational programmes. Practical implications: Faculty of agricultural universities need periodic in-service training programmes in order to improve their teaching competencies so that they become effective and competent teachers in the present educational environment. Theoretical implications: The statistically validated methodological framework provides for capturing the perception of all stakeholders on the teaching competencies among the faculty members of Agricultural Universities in India, and offers a scope for scaling up the study for similar educational setting in the region. Originality/value: The perception of students and administrators was also considered along with the self-perception of faculty about the relevance and knowledge levels of teaching competencies.

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