Lecturer's pedagogical attributes and teaching quality for construction and engineering education in UK universities: mediating effect of research informed teaching
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
ISSN: 2050-7003
Article publication date: 15 August 2023
Issue publication date: 10 May 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Researchers have opined that the quality of commitment to pedagogical approaches by lecturers is one of the most important factors in determining student academic success. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mediating effect of research informed teaching on the relationship between lecturer commitment to use of pedagogical approaches and teaching quality, with a view towards enabling delivery of high quality teaching and learning in HEIs.
Design/methodology/approach
The research is based on an online survey of the perception of 186 undergraduate and postgraduate students in four major UK universities. Covariance-based structural equation modelling (SEM) methodology was used to quantity and clarify the influence of lecturers' pedagogical attributes on teaching quality, mediated by research-informed teaching.
Findings
Findings reveal that: lecturers' pedagogical attributes have significant positive effect on teaching quality, research-informed teaching have significant positive effect on teaching quality, lecturers' pedagogical attributes have weak positive effect on research-informed teaching, and research-informed teaching partially mediates (indirect effect) the relationship between lecturers' pedagogical attributes and teaching quality.
Practical implications
Structural equation models are useful for clarifying concepts in pedagogy and have implications for education managers on how to improve teaching and learning in HEIs.
Originality/value
The paper presents a unique quantitative model for measuring the degree of teaching quality in universities.
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Acknowledgements
Erratum: It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article, Ikediashi, D., Moobela, C., Leitch, K., Dan-Jumbo, N., Dania, A., Akoh, S.R.R. and Esangbedo, P. (2023), “Lecturer’s pedagogical attributes and teaching quality for construction and engineering education in UK universities: mediating effect of research informed teaching”, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2023-0216, was published with an error to Dr. Esangbedo's affiliation. This error was introduced in the production process and has now been corrected in the online version. The publisher sincerely apologises for this error and for any inconvenience caused.
Citation
Ikediashi, D., Moobela, C., Leitch, K., Dan-Jumbo, N., Dania, A., Akoh, S.R.R. and Esangbedo, P. (2024), "Lecturer's pedagogical attributes and teaching quality for construction and engineering education in UK universities: mediating effect of research informed teaching", Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 875-890. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-05-2023-0216
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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