Given the importance of a better understanding of these driving forces, there has been
surprisingly little research done relating to them. This paper, therefore, will address and
critically examine assumptions about teaching and learning implicit in SET with reference to
an instrument commonly used in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Vietnam. It
questions the lack of a learning-focused approach in the instrument and argues that if high
quality student learning is prioritized in HEIs, there is a need for the evaluation of teaching to