MONITORING STUDENTS’ SATISFACTION WITH TEACHING AS A COMPONENT OF QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The article proves that it is necessary to assess the quality of higher education by revealing whether students are satisfied with teaching. It describes the findings obtained by monitoring medical students’ satisfaction with Latin teaching. The findings indicate that most students (77.3 % – 2014, 86 % – 2015) have an average level of satisfaction, which is not sufficient for university students. The Latin teaching, therefore, needs to be improved. The article also reveals priorities related to Linguistics and teaching methods, which improve the quality of Latin teaching within the framework of the competency-based approach, thus increasing medical students’ satisfaction with teaching.
Keywords: monitoring, assessment of quality, satisfaction, teaching, medical students, higher education, Russia, the Latin language, Competency-Based approach, professional education
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Issue: 6, 2016
Series of issue: Issue 6
Rubric: TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Pages: 106 — 111
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