Perceptions about Teaching Competency among Students and Parents. A Case Study
Perceptions about Teaching Competency among Students and Parents. A Case Study

Summary/Abstract: The identification of competencies and didactical performance has been made by analysing the activities developed by a teacher. In order to highlight the importance of professional competency for increasing quality of educational process it is necessary to analyze the perceptions about teaching among the main beneficiaries - students and parents. In this context, one important element is the competence related to communication and relationship with the community (involving the community in different educational activities, celebrating together some representative events in the life of the community etc.) together with the ability related to the relationship with parents (regarding the issues related to admission, frequency in classes, discussing the registering progress reports). A quantitative research methodology, based on responses analysis provided data about the presence of these two competencies among secondary school teachers from some high schools in Iasi, Romania. Our study was based on students’ and parents’ responses regarding this ability for their teachers, comparing students’ and parents’ perception related to these competence and, also, (for the relationship with the social community and students’ parents) between students’ from theoretical high schools and students’ from the technological/vocational high schools perception concerning the same aspect. The results revealed by the statistical processing of the data we have obtained indicate the fact that students and their parents perceive a lack of competency on teachers’ professional activities.

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