Abstract:
The study sought to investigate what students perceive to be effective teaching
characteristics of lecturers in the College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast,
Ghana. A survey design was adopted to gather data from the study population
(n=4,189 comprised of full time undergraduate students of the five departments in the
college. A multi staged sampling utilising stratified, quota, and simple random
sampling techniques was used to select a sample size of 495 students for the study.
Data collected were analysed using means, standard deviations, and a one way
Between groups analysis of variance. The findings showed that the 39 teaching
characteristics were perceived by the respondents as essential determinants of
effective teaching characteristics.The respondents identified teacher preparation as
the extremely important effective teaching characteristic. The study recommendations
included conducting a similar study using both students and lecturers to ascertain if
the instructor and the learner share similar perceptions with regard to effective
teaching characteristics.
