Student evaluations of teachers are a controversial matter. How can students, who have not been teachers, critique their teachers abilities? On the other hand, who are better to evaluate teachers than the students they teach? In my opinion, students should be able to evaluate their teachers for several reasons. First of all, student evaluations of teachers give students a stake in their education. For example, when I was teaching history to 13 year-old students, I told the students that I expected them to take control of their education, and this included having them evaluate my performance at periodic intervals. By allowing my students to help fashion their own educational experience, they became more invested in their work and in keeping the classroom as a place for education rather than discipline. In this way the students and I created a joint educational environment. The students enjoyed this experience, because it allowed them some oversight of their education. Another reason that students should evaluate their teachers is that constructive feedback to teachers can help them improve their teaching skills. When I began teaching English to these same 13 year olds, I asked the students to give me some tips about what I could improve about my teaching. To my surprise I discovered that my students felt that I spoke too quickly, and as a result, that they had difficulty grasping some speaking quickly. However, after receiving this advice from my students, I was able to slow down my speech, and teach more effectively. At the time for the next evaluation, my students told me that this problem had been cured. Thus, due to student evaluations, I became a better teacher. Student evaluations also have the healthy effect of providing teacher oversight. Teachers have relatively unfettered control over their classrooms and their curriculum, and there is little external control over their actions. However, student evaluations can clue the school administration into the strengths and weaknesses of teachers. I have had several teachers who rest on their laurels, re-hashing old lectures rather than updating their knowledge and disseminating it effectively. In our evaluations, my classmates and I informed the administration about the ineffective instruction of one teacher. After learning of his negative evaluations, this teacher, to his credit, changed his poor teaching and worked to improve. But for these evaluations, this teacher may have continued to slack in his teaching, depriving students of valuable education. In conclusion, student evaluations for teachers allow students to become more invested in their education, help teachers improve their teaching skills, and provide much needed oversight over teachers. Education is a symbiotic process involving both teachers and students. Student evaluations only increase the efficiency and value of this relationship.
学生对教师的评价是一个有争议的问题。学生怎样才能不被老师批评他们的老师的能力？另一方面，谁是更好地评估教师比学生他们教？在我看来，学生应该能够评价他们的老师有几个理由。首先，学生评价教师给学生的教育股份。例如，当我向13岁学生讲授历史时，我告诉学生我希望他们能控制他们的教育，这包括让他们定期评估我的表现。通过允许我的学生帮助他们自己的教育经验，他们变得更加投入他们的工作，并在保持教室作为一个地方教育，而不是学科。这样，学生和我创造了一个共同的教育环境。学生们喜欢这种体验，因为这让他们对他们的教育有一定的监督。学生应该评价他们的老师的另一个原因是，有建设性的反馈，教师可以帮助他们提高他们的教学技能。当我开始教这些相同的13岁的孩子时，我请学生们给我一些关于我可以提高我的教学技巧的建议。令我惊讶的是，我发现我的学生感到我说得太快了，结果是他们很难掌握一些很快的讲话。然而，在收到我的学生的建议后，我能放慢我的演讲，并教更多的有效。在下次评价的时候，我的学生告诉我这个问题已经治好了。因此，由于学生评价，我成为一个更好的老师。学生评价也有教师监督的健康影响。教师在课堂上和课程上都有着比较无拘无束的控制权，对他们的行为几乎没有外部控制。然而，学生评价可以提示学校管理的优势和劣势的教师。我有几个教师吃老本，再散列老讲座而不是更新他们的知识和传播有效。在我们的评价中，我的同学和我通知了一位老师对一个老师的无效指示。学习了他的负面评价后，这位老师，以他的信用，改变了他的教学和工作，以提高。但对于这些评价，这位教师在教学中可能会继续懈怠，剥夺学生的宝贵教育。总之，学生的教师评价，让学生成为更多的投资在他们的教育，帮助教师提高他们的教学技能，并提供必要的监督，教师。教育是一个涉及教师和学生的共生过程。学生评价只提高了这种关系的效率和价值。