The Challenges Faced by the Quantity Surveying Lecturer in Teaching Quantity Surveying Measurement Courses: A Pilot Study

Abstract

The Quantity Surveying Measurement Course (QSMC) is a core and complex subject that integrates many areas of knowledge to provide Quantity Surveying (QS) graduates with measurement competence and capability. Based on the literature analysis, past researchers say that QSMC lecturers agree that teaching this course is very challenging. Despite QSMC lecturers' acknowledgment that teaching this course is challenging, very little research has been conducted to examine the challenges they face. Therefore, it is a necessity to study the challenges faced by QSMC lecturers to help provide solutions to them in facing the challenges of QSMC teaching, which is the primary goal of the study. In order to collect the data, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a volunteer participant, a QSMC lecturer from a selected higher education provider (HEP). The data shows that the QSMC lecturer has four main challenges: personal challenges, challenges with students, challenges with institutions, and external challenges. The research findings benefit both the education team and the construction industry by raising awareness and encouraging rapid action to improve and reduce the challenges faced by QSMC lecturers. It is important to ensure that teaching and learning can be improved more effectively, making it easier for QSMC lecturers to transfer knowledge while also making it easier for students to understand the things learned.