Evaluating the Evaluator: A Reflective Approach

Abstract

Quality is a buzzword associated with education at all levels, especially in the leading private universities in Bangladesh. Quality education is made synonymous with the quality of classroom performance of the faculty members, which has led to the introduction of the quality development program through the evaluation of the faculty members by the students. This paper argues that Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) program is bound to fail because it emphasizes only the faculty performance, missing the main point of student learning and thus bringing in strong reservation and silent resistance against it by the faculty members. The paper, therefore, advocates for Reflective approach of faculty development program that ensures quality assurance and enhancement without anxiety and resistance from the faculty members.

Keywords: SET-Peer Observation of Teaching-POT Models-Reflective Approach of POT-Implementation