Show Teacher Evaluation Valid Possibility At a meeting of Sounding Board held last students and faculty members discussed a topic which might offer real possibilities if well The subject under discussion was teacher evaluation by Three difficulties involved in such a project were pointed out by faculty members It would be hard to establish a standard criterion by which faculty members in all departments could be students might tend to judge their instructors on teaching technique or personal characteristics alone and neglect the amount of material gained from faculty members be reluctant to submit to such an evaluation for fear of being humiliated or embarrassed by the These are valid and yet an effective plan might be worked out if it were done carefully and if both students and faculty members understood thoroughly the purpose and function of the Rather than trying to set up a standardized evaluation for the whole it might be more effective if each department or each instructor set up his own method and criteria for The purpose of the evaluation could be carefully explained to students so that they would understand the importance of being objective in their judgments and would try to consider all aspects of their An evaluation questionnaire could ask for separate evaluations of teaching so that students would not tend to weight one more heavily than there would be no need for embarrassment if the evaluation is maturely As was pointed out by a student at Sounding a well-conducted evaluation should be helpful to a teacher in evaluating his own Several professors have already tried circulating such with satisfactory Constructive criticism should not frighten any faculty member who is concerned about the effectiveness of his and it would bring to light those cases in which classes are of very little benefit to students or Students should be willing to indicate strong points as well as weak It would be helpful to instructors to know in what aspects they were being most effective as well as those in which they were The Sounding Board and other groups might well consider further the possibilities for faculty |