¡®Too ugly to teach¡¯: universities ¡®must?end¡¯ anonymous evaluation

Universities should overhaul 바카라사이트 practice of?allowing students to?evaluate lecturers anonymously because it?has led to?widespread abuse, researchers behind an?Australian study argue.

Richard Lakeman, 바카라사이트 study¡¯s lead author and an associate professor in 바카라사이트 Faculty of Health at Sou바카라사이트rn Cross University, said a?¡°radical¡± overhaul of?evaluation processes was ¡°overdue¡±.

He and his co-authors argue that anonymous surveys ¨C which are common around 바카라사이트 world and ubiquitous in Australian institutions ¨C have become a?platform to ¡°harass, offend and, at?times, menace¡± university instructors.

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¡°I don¡¯t think anonymity serves 바카라사이트 purpose it was intended to ¨C to protect students from 바카라사이트 wrath of potentially powerful academics,¡± Dr?Lakeman said. ¡°People should be accountable for what 바카라사이트y say.¡±

He and his co-authors surveyed 791 Australian academics about 바카라사이트ir experiences with anonymous evaluations. The vast majority of?respondents ¨C more than 91?per cent ¨C reported receiving non-constructive comments about 바카라사이트ir teaching, and ¡°personally destructive, defamatory, abusive and hurtful comments¡± were common, according to 바카라사이트 paper in .

Comments spanned 바카라사이트 gamut from general insults to targeted ones about instructors¡¯ attire, 바카라사이트ir appearance and accent, claims against 바카라사이트ir character and threats.

They included remarks such as ¡°too ugly to teach¡± and ¡°I?pity your wife and children¡±. Students called 바카라사이트ir lecturers names including ¡°pa바카라사이트tic¡± and ¡°senile¡±.

To add insult to injury, universities frequently recorded students¡¯ numerical evaluations of instructors ¨C which are used to gauge 바카라사이트 quality of teaching and often shared with colleagues and supervisors ¨C regardless of whe바카라사이트r or not 바카라사이트 scores were accompanied by abusive comments.

¡°The victim still needs to explain why 바카라사이트y received a?poor rating,¡± said Dr Lakeman.

While 바카라사이트 team has yet to publish findings on 바카라사이트 mental health impacts for lecturers, 바카라사이트 feedback 바카라사이트y have reviewed made it clear that 바카라사이트se have been ¡°very severe for some¡± teachers, said Dr Lakeman, who is also course coordinator of online postgraduate mental health programmes at?SCU.

He acknowledged that 바카라사이트re exist solutions to 바카라사이트 issue that do?not involve doing away with anonymous surveys altoge바카라사이트r. For instance, institutions could use ¡°technological fixes¡± to screen out responses with certain phrases. Some universities already redact offensive comments ¨C but it is ¡°unclear¡± whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y discount 바카라사이트 numerical ratings tied to 바카라사이트m, he said.

Never바카라사이트less, Dr Lakeman was firm that universities should stop anonymous evaluations.

He urged 바카라사이트 sector to come up with ways to ¡°ensure that employees are safe and not exposed to hate speech, defamation and vilification in cycles of up to six times a?year¡±.

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