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Topic 14 On Students' Evaluation of Teachers
Recently there have been many reports of a brand new system among
universities, in which students take part in evaluating their teachers. It turns a
new page of advanced education in China, and will have far-reaching effects in
the forthcoming years.
The biggest benefit, in my eyes, is that teachers should do their best to
improve not only their specialized knowledge and skills but also their teaching
methods in order to meet the needs of their students. In addition, teachers will
pay more attention to self-image so as to win respect from students. Finally,
the teacher-student relationship will be closer and more harmonious.
Apart from the benefits mentioned above, we also face several unavoidable
challenges. In the first place, the students’ evaluation of teachers cannot
always be objective—it should be combined with evaluation from authority and
colleagues. In the second place, the most popular teacher may neither be the
most knowledgeable nor the one with the most advanced teaching method. What’s the
most important, some teachers may become indulgent with their students because of
this new system. Only when we deal with these problems successfully can we
benefit the most from such a new system. |
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