Student Perceptions as Indicator of Teaching Quality: A Report From Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish Lower Secondary Classrooms

• In Event: Research on Teaching Quality With Different Conceptual Approaches and Instruments: Taking a Nordic Perspective

Abstract

The present study investigates student perceptions as an indicator of teaching quality in lower secondary LA classrooms. It draws on survey data from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, targeting the students’ evaluations of instructional practices used in Language Arts, The aim of the paper is both to compare patterns of prevalent instructional practices between countries, and to explore validity aspects of the student responses as an indicator of teaching quality.

Authors

• Astrid Roe, University of Oslo

• Michael Tengberg, Karlstad University

• Berglind Gísladóttir, University of Iceland

• Anders Stig Christensen, UCL University College