[lbo-talk] Dismal science on education, again

[michael perelman]

Teaching is impossible to measure.  I have students who will tell you
that I am the best teacher in the world.  Others will say I am the
worst.  Different teaching styles connect with different people.
Besides, most students will have a different idea about what
constitutes good teaching years after they graduate.

Tests are an even less accurate measurement of teaching.

I have colleagues that are poor teachers, but others may make their
evaluations based on other irrelevant factors, such as gender, sexual
preferences, race, religion or other even weirder grounds.

-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

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