Assessing the Student's Perception on Teacher's Characteristics for Effective Teaching.

Background: Student's assessment regarding the teacher's characteristics can be considered as the best evidence about teachers. The most common characteristics which influence the teacher-student learning experience are communication, accessibility and knowledge of the teacher about subject matter. Materials and Method: The present descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted at Ved Nursing College, Panipat, Haryana in the month of September, 2017 using self-structured, pre-tested and validated perception rating scale. Total 192 subjects were enrolled in the study. Results: According to students' perception in personal area, self-confidence of teacher had maximum effect on teaching (92.7%), followed by speaking style of teacher (86.5%), in professional area clarification of doubts (86.5%) was the most important factor effecting teaching followed by method of teaching (85.5%) and in scientific area experience of the teacher (86.4%) effects teaching highly followed by mastery on scientific concepts and materials (84.4%). Conclusion: Students perceive personal, professional and scientific characteristics of teachers to be equally efficacious for effective teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]