Identification and prioritization of teacher's effective qualifications from the student's perspectives by using AHP and TOPSIS methods

The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the teachers’ effective qualifications from the students’ perspectives by using AHP and TOPSIS methods. The study method was descriptive - survey research and the population was consisted of 1182 university graduate students in 2011-12 academic year. 291 students were selected by simple sampling method. The results showed that students were considered professional، technical and interpersonal qualifications as a lecturer as their first three priorities. The validity was confirmed by the experts and calculated by using the Cronbach''s alpha coefficient of HPV and TOPSIS as 0. 783 and 0. 849، respectively. The final results of the rankings on 17 criteria were reviewed in order to measure the ability of the students for understanding the content of first priority. The criterion of «the teacher appears» was allocated as the last priority. The most weight was assigned to «ability to understand the content by the students»، «scientific literacy» and «research literacy».