Dec 21, 2020
Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are problematic in many ways—but perhaps useful in other ways. Host Kevin Patton discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly. What are the issues and what's behind those issues?
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A brief intro to this discussion of student evaluation of teaching. This is the first of two planned episodes on this subject.
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There is useful, actionable information that can be obtained from valid and fair student evaluations of teaching. When they work.
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A lot can go wrong with student evaluations of teaching. In this segment, Kevin uses a recent research article demonstrating unfairness of valid evaluations as a launching point for discussion.
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Kevin turns his attention to a few of the potential ugly issues concerning student evaluations of faculty.
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