大学教育の総合評価 : その4 在学生・卒業生・教職員による学生生活の評価の比較研究

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Purpose In concluding a series of evaluative study of the student life at ICU, the present study compared responses to a questionnaire obtained from 3 groups: undergraduate students, almnus members, and faculty members and staffs. Specific aims of the study were as follows: (1) to find both common and different value orientations among the groups, (2) to analyze their conflicts produced from the gaps between their goals and their assessments of student life, (3) to diagnose psychological tensions among the groups and within the individuals, and (4) to explore the possibility of improving our educational activities. Method A questionnaire consisted of 121 items in 8 areas of student life (general impression, academic programs, extracurricular activities, university events, unique characteristics of ICU, facilities and equipments, cultural environment, and daily living) was distributed, and 197 undergraduate students, 133 alumni and 27 faculty members and staffs voluntarily responded. Responses for those items were obtained on 5 point scales, separately indicating how much they were important and how much they were fulfilled. Results and discussion General trends observed hereby were as follows: 1. Three groups showed very similar response patterns in all areas. 2. The sense of satisfaction fell short of the sense of importance in all areas by all groups; thus great degrees of dissatisfaction were manifested. 3. While the evaluation of importance were in the order of the faculty members and staffs, the alumni and the students, much higher satisfaction than others was shown by the alumni. Therefore, the faculty members and staffs manifested the most and the alumni the least dissatisfaction. 4. Assessments of the alumni were significantly lower than the other groups on those items representing the utility of higher education in general, but the faculty members and staffs evaluated the unique characteristics of ICU significantly higher than the others. Therefore, though the students appreciated secular values of higher education, they tended to ignore the goals and the uniqueness of ICU. The facts hitherto described imply enormous psychological dissents both between those who are in the campus at present and who have left, and between those who are teaching now and who are studing or have studied in the same campus. From the present study, we are able not only to reveal various problems involved in our student life, but also to gain some insights for the directions which we should pursuit our educational goals. Some of those inevitable questions we are confronted are mentioned as follows: 1. Methods to clarify our common value orientations. 2. Methods to practice the actualization of own values on campus. 3. Methods to perticipate in decision making. 4. Methods to enhance our communication. 5. Methods to deepen our understanding of group dynamism. 6. Methods to promote our community mental health. 7. Methods to establish longterm comprehensive evaluation programs.
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大学教育の総合評価 : その4 在学生・卒業生・教職員による学生生活の評価の比較研究

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