Course Evaluations Evaluation Knowledge 
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 7, 2023
I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Like any good millennial, I started by googling “how to recover from poor teaching evaluations” and “is tenure still possible after low evaluations” but found nothing. Then I close the book on that set of evaluations.
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 7, 2023
I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Like any good millennial, I started by googling “how to recover from poor teaching evaluations” and “is tenure still possible after low evaluations” but found nothing. Then I close the book on that set of evaluations.
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Edsurge
JUNE 19, 2017
Both Morgan and Pickett noted that the “metaphor” of the old and wise professor pouring knowledge into students through class lectures is what many graduate students expect. These critiques can discourage other students from taking the course or cost lectures their contract renewals. “I got people telling me; ‘This is history.
Faculty Focus
APRIL 24, 2025
However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. That is, when do make our reflective practice modus operandi, we declare our commitment in developing our professional knowledge and artistry. we say what we do) and our theory in action (i.e.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Jett spoke in the interview about the ways in which course evaluations contained biases and were not always helpful in informing her teaching approaches. This is the idea of professors making “deposits” of knowledge into students’ minds and then later asking them to regurgitate the information without critical thought.
Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2018
I wish there were better ways of sharing my concerns other than at the end of the semester when you fill out those [teacher evaluations]. Do students take those evaluations seriously or do faculty take those evaluations seriously? I see for example some professors doing an informal course evaluation midway of the semester.
Edsurge
JUNE 10, 2019
Our strength may already be worn down by going through a challenging promotion and tenure process, or after years of having our research evaluated by peer reviewers who sometimes reject work without giving effective feedback; or reading negative comments from students on our course evaluations.
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