The perception of new students to University of a good teacher: the example of ETEA (Cordoba)

Abstract

This paper presents the most relevant results of a research process aiming to know the perception that College students have of what characterizes an excellent teacher at the beginning of the course, in order to apply that information in the teaching-learning process. From a sample of first semester students at the University of Cordova (Bachelor in Business Administration, ETEA), this paper examines their attitudes on this issue to explore new methodological approaches and encourage existing ones. To that end, this article used a questionnaire prepared by Gargallo, Sánchez, Ros, y Ferreras (2010). After a comparative analysis, the results are consistent with other surveys carried out in Spanish and foreign population of similar level; these results, conceived as initial diagnosis, enhance teaching performance in the analyzed group.