Show Staff Editorial Instructors be responsible Michelle Gardner a classroom where half the students students students stu stu- stu- stu N Na dents fail an exam or the entire course should the instructor take some initiative or should the responsibility responsibility remain entirely on the students students stu stu- o dents A classroom is a place of learning where the instructor teaches and the student is expected to learn leam study complete assignments and grasp the course concept As always there are some students who either dont don't get it or do not put the time into studying so they are able to understand However However However How How- ever how could it be possible for half halfa a class of random students to fail an exam or course based on certain concepts concepts concepts con con- Could it be that the students are not understanding and not asking questions If this were true then shouldn't the instructor take the responsibility to make sure that the class isn't lost Maybe not but isn't it a responsibility responsibility responsibility of the instructor to encourage questions Questions do promote learning And the instructors job is to teach and promote learning Is it ethical for an instructor to assume assume assume as as- sume that the class know certain things and have backgrounds that would give students an advantage in inthe inthe inthe the class That could be debated in undergraduate courses The attitude of the instructor and the students can have a reactive effect effect effect ef ef- for good or bad Students could form a negative attitude toward an instructor that would render less cooperation and mercy from an an in in- It would unlikely be the fault of every student in the class so would it be ethical for the instructor to form a abias abias abias bias On the other hand good relations relations relations rela rela- and positive attitudes between instructor and students could increase increase increase in in- crease the instructors instructor's willingness to teach and encourage the students I have heard that a psychology professor once said that if her students stu- stu students students stu stu- dents fail she fails as a teacher Whereas a chemistry professor once boasted how he had ruined a perfect 40 for a female student When half a class fails an exam or ora ora ora a course something important is not being communicated between students students stu stu- stu- stu den dents and teachers Communication takes participation from both parties and that responsibility might possibly ly lie in the hands of the students and equally in the hands of the in in- |