Recentlytherehavebeenmanyreportsofabrandnewsystemamonguniversities,inwhichstudentstakepartinevaluatingtheirteachers.
ItturnsanewpageofadvancededucationinChina,andwillhavefar-reachingeffectsintheforthcomingyears.
Thebiggestbenefit,inmyeyes,isthatteachersshoulddotheirbesttoimprovenotonlytheirspecializedknowledgeandskillsbutalsotheirteachingmethodsinordertomeettheneedsoftheirstudents.
Inaddition,teacherswillpaymoreattentiontoself-imagesoastowinrespectfromstudents.
Finally,theteacher-studentrelationshipwillbecloserandmoreharmonious.
Apartfromthebenefitsmentionedabove,wealsofaceseveralunavoidablechallenges.
Inthefirstplace,thestudents’evaluationofteacherscannotalwaysbeobjective—itshouldbecombinedwithevaluationfromauthorityandcolleagues.
Inthesecondplace,themostpopularteachermayneitherbethemostknowledgeablenortheonewiththemostadvancedteachingmethod.
What’sthemostimportant,someteachersmaybecomeindulgentwiththeirstudentsbecauseofthisnewsystem.
Onlywhenwedealwiththeseproblemssuccessfullycanwebenefitthemostfromsuchanewsystem.