MESSAGE
      FROM
      TH.
     
     
      COORDINATOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      following
      pages
      contain
      the
      results
      of
      the
      first
      Survey
     
     
      on
      Teaching
      conducted
      by
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
     
     
      Island
      Student
      Union.
      The
      survey
      was
      conducted
      during
      the
     
     
      latter
      part
      of
      November
      and
      the
      early
      part
      of
      December
      of
     
     
      1993.
     
    

    
     
      The
      survey
      results
      have
      been
      broken
      down
      in
      four
      ways.
     
     
      First,
      there
      are
      overall
      figures
      for
      the
      entire
      university.
      Next
      the
     
     
      data
      is
      broken
      down
      into
      six
      faculties:
      Arts,
      Business
     
     
      Administration,
      Education,
      Nursing,
      Veterinary
      Medicine,
      and
     
     
      Science.
      The
      data
      is
      then
      broken
      down
      into
      the
      departments
     
     
      within
      each
      of
      the
      six
      faculties,
      these
      include
      History,
      Biology,
     
     
      Math,
      etc.
      A
      final
      breakdown
      was
      done
      on
      the
      basis
      of
     
     
      individual
      courses
      which
      met
      criteria
      that
      will
      be
      discussed
      later.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      the
      number
      of
      surveys
      that
      were
      completed
     
     
      (705)
      was
      disappointing,
      it
      is
      still
      a
      good
      starting
      point
      on
      which
     
     
      to
      build
      in
      the
      coming
      years.
      Another
      survey
      is
      planned
      for
     
     
      second
      semester
      courses
      with
      forms
      being
      available
      in
      March.
     
     
      Hopefully,
      the
      survey
      conducted
      in
      second
      semester
      will
      be
     
     
      more
      successful
      in
      terms
      of
      surveys
      completed
      and
      as
      such
      more
     
     
      individual
      courses
      will
      be
      examined.
     
    

    
     
      There
      are
      a
      couple
      of
      points
      that
      should
      be
      discussed
      in
     
     
      advance
      to
      make
      the
      data
      more
      meaningful.
     
    

    
     
      -
      enrolment
      figures
      within
      departments
      that
      appear
      in
     
     
      the
      survey
      are
      based
      on
      the
      total
      number
      of
      people
      taking
     
     
      courses
      in
      the
      department.
      As
      such,
      a
      person,
      for
      example,
      who
     
     
      is
      taking
      three
      English
      courses
      will
      be
      included
      three
      times
     
     
      within
      the
      enrolment
      figures.
     
    

    
     
      -
      in
      order
      for
      an
      individual
      course
      to
      be
      considered
      it
     
     
      required
      at
      least
      10
      responses
      or
      failing
      that
      a
      minimum
      of
      50%
     
     
      response
      rate
      from
      those
      enroled
      in
      the
      course.
     
    

    
     
      I
      hope
      the
      information
      contained
      in
      this
      survey
      will
      be
      of
     
     
      assistance
      to
      you
      in
      the
      future.
      In
      closing,
      I
      would
      like
      to
      thank
     
     
      the
      U.P.E.I.
      Student
      Union
      and
      especially
      Andrew
      MacPherson
     
     
      (V.P.
      Internal)
      and
      the
      members
      of
      the
      Committee
      on
      Teaching
     
     
      at
      U.P.E.I.
      for
      all
      their
      assistance
      over
      the
      past
      two
      months.
     
    

    
     
      Sincerely,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ~enelosed
      ure
      three
      computer
      tabulation
      forms
      and
      a
      quesuonnaire
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -please
      compiete
      them
      for
      3
      courses
      of
      your
      choice
     
     
      -use
      Only
      an
      HB
      pencil
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ***IMPORTANT***
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Place
      the
      professor’s
      name
      in
      the
      name
      section
      and
      the
      identi
     
     
      in
      the
      identification
      number
      space
      on
      each
      computer
      tabulation
      form.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1.
      Student's
      vear
      of
      study
      1
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2.
      Elective
      or
      required
      course
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ratings
      key
      for
      the
      following
      quesuoas:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1
      2
      3
      4
     
     
      Very
      Good
      Good
      Fair
      Poor
      Unacceptable
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Course
      Evaiuauon:
     
    

    
     
      3.
      Accuracy
      of
      the
      calendar
      descnpuion
      compared
      to
      the
      actual
      course.
     
    

    
     
      4.
      Value
      of
      texs,
      gS,
      and
      supp
      (
      and/or
      feq
      )
     
     
      5.
      If
      there
      are
      different
      sections
      otf
      this
      course
      offered,
      now
      uoes
      marking
      compare
      between
      these
      sections.
     
     
      6.
      How
      appropnaie
      is
      the
      difficuity
      level
      of
      the
      course.
     
    

    
     
      Professor
      Evaluauoa:
     
    

    
     
      7.
      Knowledge
      of
      the
      subject.
     
    

    
     
      8.
      Approachability
      of
      the
      protessor.
     
    

    
     
      9.
      Availability
      of
      the
      protessor.
     
    

    
     
      10.
      Protessor's
      interest
      is
      course
      an
      in
      teaching
      1.
     
    

    
     
      11,
      Protessor's
      presentation
      and
      preparation
      tor
      class.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      12.
      Overall
      teaching
      of
      course