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My son hated ClassDojo. Everything was about points, and he saw through the charade enough to see that it didn't really matter, and it was way overused in his c
by japhyr 7y ago
My son hated ClassDojo. Everything was about points, and he saw through the charade enough to see that it didn't really matter, and it was way overused in his classroom.
I won't do it, but I was tempted to make a TeacherDojo spoof where students in a class could award their teacher points for teaching well, and take away points when their teacher fell into bad teaching habits.
- anigbrowl 7y agoThis should absolutely exist. Reaction to the idea of students rating teachers is an extremely useful test for discovering a person's underlying attitudinal biases.
- HarryHirsch 7y agoThere's a difference between teaching math majors at a top-25 school and teaching "business calculus". In the first case the students and the instructor have congruent purposes, but in the second case you'll find students who are missing the prerequisites and who think that showing up is deserving of a passing grade.
- reureu 7y agoI would argue "top-25 school" isn't a necessary qualifier here. What you're talking about is students with intrinsic motivation to study a certain topic, and that exists regardless of the caliber of the school. dvs, at even the "worst" state school, the math majors probably want to be in their classes; if they didn't they would have picked a major perceived to be easier.
- bobthepanda 7y agoAt the college I was at, there were definitely teaches so afraid of bad student scores that they would pass any student who complained. (Some students at US colleges and universities, from my anecdotal experience, believe that they pay the tuition to receive a degree regardless of academic merit.)
- anigbrowl 7y agoI'm talking about grade school.
- koolba 7y agoLong enough ago when I was at university we ranked our professors at the end of the semester. I don’t recall anything coming of it or anyone being fired as a result of scoring badly, but it’s not a new concept.
- danieltillett 7y agoAdmin takes these very seriously if you don’t bring in enough grant money.
- secabeen 7y agoMy university takes student rankings very seriously in tenure reviews.
- djsumdog 7y agoI forgot about those surveys we filled out. The professor left the room and a student had to volunteer to take it to the department sectary. I was in school around the time RateMyProfessor came out as well. I'm surprised to hear it's still being used as well.
- MrMember 7y agoI had one CS professor that was just awful as a teacher. She was, as far as I know, universally disliked by the entire class. We also did end of year teacher evaluations and I'm sure she got eviscerated, and I'm sure it wasn't a one time thing. She's still teaching the same class today so either she's a tremendous asset for the school overall or the evaluations are meaningless.
- pjc50 7y agoTeacher rating systems, even by adult students, inevitably collapse into "did I get awarded a high grade" plus "does the teacher agree with my prejudices".
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- benj111 7y agoSurely all you do is turn around the ClassDojo scores, and make that a judgement on the teacher? Why don't you start asking the school which teacher has the highest and lowest scores, and why X has the lowest score, and what plans there are to help that teacher improve. I'm sure you'll see less student getting marked down for going to the toilet then.