Should Students be Allowed to Grade Teachers
I am a student of MA in Tribhuvan University. Now I am in the third semester with English in major. We all are evaluated on the basis of grading system. The result of second semester is still to come whereas the result of first semester was a bit personally satisfactory to me. But it was quite shocking to all of us as a whole. Of course, there is proper criteria for grading the students but it has been experienced that only few teachers have been adopting that procedure. Those who applied it were also found with no real seriousness in it.
The result collectively proved that there is no clear distinctions between hardworking, extra-talent, genuine readers, out seekers and efficiently less working students. It was found that even those students who never term papers, never made notes up to date, even gaped their attendance intentionally have easily got 3.7, 3.8. Hence, the huge question arises here: Are our teachers well known or well experienced with the new semester system of grading and teaching ?
Of course, when the result of first semester showed that there is almost no scientific evaluation by teachers its claimable that teachers should also be graded after the end of each semester. It is found that those students especially lady students who most often have sweet chats with their lectures and professors have easily scored A and B+. So, the result impacted great disappointment among friends who have strongly devoted to their studies but couldn't receive as per their expectation. So, shouldn't be teachers graded to bring better output ?
In an online article by www.debate.org/oinions it is stated that "to allow teachers to see their progress as educators, students should be able to grade their teachers because when they are graded they want to grade right back. Even teachers need to know how they are doing. If students are able to grade their teachers the teachers can look back and focus on what is failing in their teaching and work to make it better."
Now the real question comes of teaching according to the semester system. First is there any teachers who have passed their MA in semester which they are teaching now ? The first question is related with the experience of being taught in that system for to be able to be fully grasp the norms and ethics of semester system. It can guide them if not else. So without being accustomed in that system how can one be a good leader of that system. Here, of course our teachers can argue strongly that annual or semester, its just the stuff of teaching. Of course, its all about teaching but its never about passive teaching like annual where teacher is all in all boss for whole class.
In the same article by debate.org/opinions it is justified that "teachers must be graded because sometimes teachers grade us based on their opinions so why shouldn't we have the freedom of speech. Plus the fact is we are all humans. Here, teachers think themselves all knowing when they have not."
Teachers must be active. They must make the class interactive. They should conduct the presentation regularly in a procedural way. They should give and check assignments regularly. But only few teachers are found to be doing all these sort of ethical duty. Many just come, sit, turn the page of book and start delivering their monologic lecture. To sit for one and half an hour just listening the one sided lecture has become so monotonous and intolerable. Everyday, we are given lots of stuff to read but except few teachers many just come, pour their lecture and leave their class. Is it semesterable?
In the same article by debate.org/opinions it is verified that "accountability is a two way street. Teachers are accountable to students for creating an environment that fosters learning. They do this with their attitude, knowledge, maturity, sensivity, respect, judgment, enthusiasm, connection, etc. That’s a lot to bring to the table and they should be graded on how well they are able to bring it." So, teachers shouldn't be graded like us in our University? If not why? Have anyone thought what may be the dreadful consequences of its negligence? Its indifference may be a blunder joke upon the future of whole students.
All teachers may not be equally competitive as semester system expects them to be. Again it can be like raising ethical question towards our teachers according to our Eastern culture but in the name of teachers should we accept anyone taking the pen and duster. And for your kind information some teachers get stitched to their chairs. They love their chairs such passionately. So, if grading to teachers will be deliberately implemented after the end of each semester, some chairteacher will feel necessary to leave their chair and walk around us. They should acknowledge that they are teachers not the chief guest of music progamme.
In a similar online article by www.mobile.nytimes.org/bolgs/learning it is argued that teachers should be able to know their personal attitude and about how they are acting from students perspective. Teachers also can be informed on why some students don't like them. grading teachers will revolutionize the learning experience.
Some teachers even don't have information course. They are so deeply involved in their course only. Sometimes it leads to confusion without proper extra information. But, if there will be grading system it will surely empower teachers to be alert an updated. Yes, we raise questions. Sometimes, serious questions but simply they reply its your duty to read and know; you are students. We have already passed your level might be how we did it. We have done it. This is the current position. It feels they have got tyrannical authority over us.
In an online article by www.essay.lib.com it is clearly claimed that "it is quite reasonable to grade teachers because one cannot evaluate his/her work him/herself objectively. Students can mention their teachers mistakes, especially if he is inexperienced and can not organize the educational process coreectly."
In the first semester, we encountered similar incident. The story is we were provided Academic Writing teacher in Poetry. The teacher himself confessed that he is totally new to this subject. We demanded that the teacher should be given his respective subject. We wrote application to department also but it was not heard. The problem was there was no extra and replaceable man power. Look here, the administration's inability to manage the University education. Even they are not serious about their country's major University.
In a similar context Alan Sutliff , an educator from Kent, Washington in an online article by www.neatoday.org, agrees that "the feedback is useful and important, but only if its used for improving teaching and not for high stake decision." In her statement she is in support of grading teachers but slightly differs by arguing that it must be academic and scientific not political. If that grading system creates political groups and the situation of chaos inside university it will be too dangerous to nation but ultimately whole education process will get weak.
Teachers of their respective mastery field are sometimes not much tempting and insightful. They find themselves very difficult to manage their course plan. They have to take extra classes to complete the course in every semester. Towards the end of semester they come to finish the whole book in a single day. May be it’s a fallacy of department of being unable to design the course plan properly but still teachers should not take too many periods in some topics and others not. At least they should divide the time proportionately so that we need not have to feel the whole pressure at the end. Such negligence should be solved immediately. At least, the administration must take reports from teachers about their progress monthly.
Nicole Germann, a teacher from Watseka, Illinois in an online article of neatoday.org invites feedback from students and welcomes it, but would not welcome having them officially evaluate her performance arguing "Many students would evaluate fairly, which many might not." Yes, she is correct that there may be prejudices in grading but if you are good then why to worry about some critical feedback that can reshape your relationship with those students fairly. It can teach teachers what they need to do for further improvement in their attitude and behavior. One important thing is that such misjudgment must never be deliberately to avenge one's personal grudges against any teacher.
Public wants to judge the performance of construction workers because if you don't they don't need to do well at their job, and public are the best critics for the construction workers. Similarly, the student is the teacher's best critic and feedback of the students helps the teacher to improve their methods and realize that students are capable of teaching too. So, it's very essential to proceed the system of grading teachers after each semester.
Monday, August 29, 2016
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