Should students grade their teacher? Are students qualified to conduct a classroom on such a high level? Students are the leaders of this generation and the ones to come. Students who have been taught from primary, secondary and now tertiary learning know the basics of the classroom organization and the fundamentals of a teacher. Does this factor make students qualified to instruct a teacher?
According to the 2014 text, “grading teachers with Data from the Class,” New York Times, Farhad Manjoo explains how a teacher by the name of Ms. Campbell and teachers of the Lionel Wilson Preparatory Academy surveyed schools in California and Texas to analyze students’ testing methods. It was discovered that “Seeing how students think about teachers, and how that perception is affecting what they learn, is an unusual development in public education. Today, schools assess the effectiveness of teachers primarily through standardized test scores and observations by administrators, but both measures have been criticized as too narrow, unable to shed light on the complex interplay between teachers and students on a day-to-day basis.” This survey purpose was to determine the perception in the way students learn, development in public education and what students thought about teachers. This helped teachers to see how students viewed them and as a result, teachers learned from the students and what they needed to improve as a teacher.
Correspondingly, the accuracy of students’ perceptions is important in the ways they view the teacher. How students view the teacher will affect how they learn. According to the 2011 text, “Should Students Grade Their Teachers,” Cindy Long explains Karen Hoover located in Washington D. C. who expresses a claim of students’ important opinions. “As long as they are made aware of the meaning, value and importance of honest opinions, and there is some sort of checks and balance system in place, I think it’s a really good idea.” It is explained that some students evaluate accurately on teachers’ evaluations and some do not; however, the opinion of the students are vital. For example, Nicole German states “Many students would evaluate fairly, while many might not. Would the kids evaluate their administrators as well? Would it count for five percent of their evaluation?” The performance of a teacher in the eyes of the student is important because this will determine the way a student learns.
Concluding, the perceptions of students in the way that teachers teach the classroom is important. The way the teacher teaches affects the way students learn and determine their outcomes and their scores. So, teachers can be taught by students in a very important way such as being evaluated by students in a simple form of a survey and analyzing the overall analysis of the students and how they see the teachers. With these results, we can make diligent and accurate changes to certain teaching styles to help students who need it learn better.
