What do undergraduate students understand by excellent teaching?

Student Perceptions of Instructor Supportiveness: What Characteristics Make a Difference?

“…Instructors higher in these behaviors and attributes had students with higher anxiety. Many of the positive pedagogical elements our students identified are echoed by a recent study by Mimirinis (2020) on what characteristics students think make someone an excellent teacher, including enthusiasm, diagnosing student learning needs, breaking down the material, and maintaining a good pace. Students were definitive in the many ways that instructors were effective or ineffective in terms of their instruction, indicating close attention to this aspect of classroom culture.…”

Variation in Black students’ conceptions of academic support

“…The data for our study was generated during the academic year 2021–2022. We chose purposive sampling so that the interviews would take account of the wide variation in students’ experiences (Mimirinis, 2022). We invited undergraduate students who identified with any of the following categories to express an interest in attending an interview: ‘Black’, ‘Black British’, ‘Black African’, ‘Black Caribbean’, and of ‘African’ or ‘Caribbean’ heritage.…”

Phenomenographic Approaches in Research About Nursing

“…S. E. Thorne (2016) discussed ensuring trustworthiness through attention to disciplinary relevance, pragmatic obligation, contextual awareness, and probable truth. Purposive sampling is used for phenomenographic studies to try to ensure as much variation among participants as is feasible (Mimirinis, 2022). However, it can be difficult to accurately determine differences between participants prior to the interviews (Stenfors-Hayes et al, 2013).…”