Exploring students’ and teachers’ perceptions of teaching-debunking some stereotypes of teaching and learning in Vietnamese higher education

Abstract

ABSTRACT In recent years, the Vietnamese Government has endeavoured to modernise its higher education sector. While there have been polarised claims made over teaching and learning approaches in Vietnamese higher education (VHE), exploring the students’ and teachers’ perceptions, in a bottom-up approach, is important. Using a mixed method approach, this study explored teachers’ and students’ perceptions of how teaching could be conducted to facilitate learning. The study revealed that there are both similarities and disparities between teachers’ and students’ perceptions of which teaching approaches foster student learning. The study throws some more light onto diversity in teaching practices in Vietnamese universities. It suggests that teaching and learning practices in VHE are diverse, questioning some stereotypes of teaching and learning in VHE.