Teacher s\u27 Voice about the Voice of Students: Acceptance and Usage of Students’ Assessments of Teacher Effectiveness at the University of Split

Abstract

Centar za unaprjeđenje kvalitete Sveučilišta u Splitu organizirao je istraživanje u kojemu su nastavnici pojedinih sastavnica Sveučilišta popunjavali online-upitnik i pružili osobni osvrt na dosadašnje iskustvo sa studentskom evaluacijom nastave. Nastavnici su u upitniku odgovarali na tri skupine pitanja: pitanja o studentima, kvaliteti nastavnika te kvaliteti same nastave. Od ukupno 1833 nastavnika Sveučilišta, upitnik je ispunilo njih 402, odn. 22%. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju kako nastavnici većinu pitanja unutar studentskih anketa smatraju korisnima, a polovica njih navodi da dobivene povratne informacije zaista utječu na ponašanje nastavnika. Od nastavnika koji prepoznaju utjecaj ankete, njih 76% navodi da je on pozitivan, najčešće u smislu da se studentski odgovori koriste u svrhu poboljšanja kvalitete nastave, dok ih 14% smatra da je taj utjecaj negativan, najčešće u smislu smanjivanja kriterija. Međutim, treba spomenuti i kako ukupno 18% nastavnika smatra ankete neinformativnima. Općenito, dobiveni rezultati su u skladu s dosadašnjim svjetskim iskustvima vezanim uz korištenje ove metode procjene učinkovitosti nastavnika te ukazuju na potrebu za povećanjem znanja i svijesti o ovoj metodi kao i eventualnoj reviziji i poboljšanju same ankete u budućnosti.The center for quality assurance of the University of Split organized an online survey in which teachers from all university constituents shared their experiences with student evaluations of teacher effectiveness. Within this survey, the teachers responded to three types of questions: about students, teacher and teaching quality. Out of the 1,833 teachers employed at the university, 402 (22%) responded to the questionnaire. The results that were obtained indicated that half of the teachers considered student evaluations to be informative, among which 76% mention a positive influence of using student commentaries for improving teaching, while 14% consider this influence as negative, as it results in deterioration of teaching standards. In addition, around 18% of teachers considered this practice to be completely uninformative. Overall, the results are in line with international experiences related to the use of student evaluations and they indicate a need for increasing both teachers’ and students’ knowledge regarding this method of measuring teacher effectiveness and for considering potential changes to the questionnaire currently used for this purpose

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