PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A MIXED ANALYSIS APPROACH

Higher education is the source or feeder system in all works of life and therefore supplies the muchneeded human resources in management, planning, designing, teaching and research. Scientific and technological advancements and economic growth of a country are as dependent on higher education system. This paper presents an investigation carried out to determine the perception of students regarding effective teaching in higher education. The research was conducted using data, collected from 100 participants of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. A mixed analysis approach was used that includes both the qualitative as well as quantitative methods for data analysis. The findings of the study qualitatively showed that the gender wise overall 69% female students and 55% male students, Qualification wise 82% undergraduate students and 83% post-graduate students and the stream wise 59% arts, 59% science and 58% commerce students agree with the effective teaching in higher education. Further the results were strengthened by using quantitative data analysis. Quantitatively t-test was conducted on the data to verify the perception of participants and the results reveal that there is significant difference between the perceptions of the male and female student towards effective teaching in Higher education. Moreover, there is no significant difference of student's perception on the basis of their academic qualification and streams towards effective teaching in higher education.