Determining the indicators of educational performance for faculty members of Islamic Azad University using fuzzy hierarchical analysis

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

azadeh Changizi Mohammadi ¹ ( دانش‌آموخته دکترای مدیریت دولتی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران، ایران. )
nasser mirsepassi ² ( Professor of public management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch (SRBIAU), Tehran, Iran. )
toraj mojibi ³ ( Associate professor of public management, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Firouzkuh Branch (FBIAU), Firouzkuh, Iran. )
mahmood otadi ⁴ ( Associate professor of mathematics, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Firouzkuh Branch (FBIAU), Firouzkuh, Iran. )

Received: 2020-08-21 Accepted : 2020-10-07 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Faculty Members, Performance Evaluation, Fuzzy AHP,

Abstract :

The educational performance indicators of faculty members were studied to revise faculty promotion and evaluation codes and forms using a descriptive-survey method that the required data was collected based on the opinions of the faculty members, students, and graduates of the Islamic Azad University. The participants were enrolled through the multistage stratified and convenience sampling methods until the theoretical saturation was reached. Data collection was done using questionnaires and documents. Data analysis was done using the open-coding table, central tendency of mode, and FAHP. The findings showed that there are more than 80 educational performance indicators for faculty evaluation, which can be used in faculty promotion and evaluation codes and forms, selection of the instructor of the year, etc. Due to the importance of these indicators, they were categorized into six groups from A to F and weighed based on two criteria, namely repeatability and vitality. A comparison of the current and desired status shows that more than half of the indicators used in the current instructor evaluation system are in the insignificant categories (E and F). Therefore, it is recommended to use indices with high importance factor (indices in categories A to D) in the faculty promotion and evaluation system.

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