This study explored the characteristics of good teaching or courses that college students and professors perceived. The results from qualitative surveys are as follows. First, the characteristics of good teaching that students perceived included teacher-student interaction, interestingness, opportunity for student participation, openness/flexibility, use of various instructional materials and methods, provision of useful knowledge, use of discussion, insightfulness, clear explanation, use of appropriate examples, consideration of student ability-level, engagingness, attainment of class objectives, and so on. Second, professors responded that good teaching would involve teacher-student interaction, insightfulness, opportunity for student participation, provision of useful knowledge, motivating students, clear explanation, interestingness, creative problem-solving, use of appropriate examples, well-preparedness ， use of various instructional materials, consideration of student ability-level ， use of discussion, flexible and open atmosphere， and so on. Third, the common key elements of good teaching perceived by both professors and students were teacher-student interaction, inducement of active student participation, and provision of useful knowledge with fun. Finally, a noticeable difference between students and professors in their perceptions about good teaching was that professors put importance on motivation and creative problem-solving while students emphasized use of various instructional methods These results form a basis for implementing good teaching and provide an implication for future direction of college education.