The Standard of the Quality of Teaching Performance of Faculty Members of Al-Ahliyya Amman University Reference to the Requirements of Comprehensive Quality Assurance

Abstract

This study aims to introduce the quality of teaching performance of the faculty members of Al-Ahliyyah Amman University (AAU) in Jordan and the effect of certain variables as pertaining to to sex, age, academic rank and years of experience on the quality of teaching performance of those faculty members. A questionaire of 33 items was used, having been checked for validity and stability, to measure the quality of teaching performance of AAU faculty members. The qustionaire was distributed among 203 faculty members from both scientific colleges and humanities colleges. The results of the study revealed that the overall estimation for the quality of teaching in AAU was high according to the comprehensive quality requirements for the four fields of study. The field of scientific research had the highest score, while the field of community service had the lowest score (average estimation). The study also showed that there was no statistical significance ensued from variables of sex, age, academic ranks, or years of experience.