There has been an argument over whether high school students should be given the right to estimate their teachers. As true as it seems that teachers can be inspired to improve their ability to teach to be well estimated from students, I strongly believe that students are not eligible to judge their teachers with much negative influence on the quality of education. Below are detailed explanations to help you understand my assertion.
To begin with, high school students are not mature enough to judge their teacher's performance. They are not well informed about what is desirable to them since they have not yet completed the whole education process, not having a total understanding of it. According to a survey in 2008 during which the National Youth Policy institute in Korea conducted a survey of good teachers on high school students, the 45 percent of them answered that they prefer funny teachers to strict ones who devote all time to their learning. This means that there is a great possibility of unfair evaluation on teachers; they would not be judged based on how well they perform as a real teacher.
On top of that, in this estimation manner, students can be in a superior position to their teachers. Students would become overseer with their arms folded judging how well their teacher perform his class, which makes them not concentrating on what they are learning but on the way their teacher act. Not only become students not faithful to their role but the teachers also would not instruct them in a better way. With them controlled by their students, they may grade students unfairly and would be reluctant to scour them even when it is necessary. Accordingly, this student-making evaluation manner induces degradation in the quality of education at large, with both student and teachers are not devoted to their duties.
In summary, though it is indisputable that teachers are somewhat motivated due to their students' evaluation, I am strongly convinced that in order for students to be provided the good educational quality, teachers should not be judged by their students. |