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THE EVALUATION OF TEACHINGAND THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY-

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l l l l i i i ' t u . ' L "c " " -u , \ co 'e r ns \ . i nn ruc r ' ^ha l: i . :"1:

.- "pfroache, r^ r.c., in! r. \e n,obdbr)me pc , ( \ed q 'L , y o ' . re ,n , , "u" o" o r r " , .O , . r , , " ,a pnme c iu \c . i sLUdent d r \ \ , r rs r rc r |on .

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I To re, rer the e\ . . | |hB I r rerdrure and erncnrx( .o i "% kr ,on ot Lni \e, . i r ) , " " . t , "e , " od" , io d, . , , ,1rnc currnr \ rare ot ,he arr2. I o e(r ' .cr l roa lh , r . r to

rho,e etemerr . q hr . hare apDron .F and dpntrabh r . rea-h inA r l , -e!nrvers ly o ' Cat i fornra

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help 10 dake arr.ngenents. and lakc char8e of the

morey: and a h.ndful of more or less normal taculty

T r n b " . . I o r r t \ _ l l . d l e J r . r . . c s o l F " \ t . e n c e . '

enormous ly en l igh ted ing , no t necessa i l y , o ron ly . *nh

.esard to thc eva luar ion o f leach i rc w i th in the

The tust tvo pornls oi the charSe (revlcs ol theexisting lileralure and exlraclion from thal Ineratlre

ot those elements applicablc ro UC) hale so lar bccnr la r ive ly s imp le 10 dea l * i th : we havc tu rncd lhe s i l t rngoflhe litcfature ove.1o the specialists on the task lorce.

who have p .esenred us s i lh a d is t i l l a te f ron wha!1hcyc la im arc man! thousands o f . t t i c lcsand books on the

subjecl Mosr of rhe li1era1ure (at lean the sludies schave been asked ro peruse) is *.il1en by specialistssuch as edu.a l io ra l ps lcho los is ts in a ja rEon tharpases a l l unde6und ins and in a s ry lc rha t *ou ld no tpa$ bonehead English. In tac!. se hale concluded thatthere is no t duch in the l i te ra tu re tha t i s o lmorc thancommonsensical usefuln*s to thc lask al hand. I he.ei . n . r h e o , ) - " p r b l c o l n u - . L , u n r n J l p p . . " ' . o nacro$ the board in a system as extcnsve as the

Unne6 i ry o l Ca l i fo rn ia \ .In allempling to develof nrch a broad theo.y. the

iirn problcm, 01 cou.se, sould be ro dcfine rcachirsnnd dpp. ) l -e r l - r ,n : n equ rah l Io . . .uJ r .on . rnE: Ji r f h \ ' i c J \ c n ' N l o l i " . ' u m \ u r : n r n .d isc ip l incs and lanEuase ins t .ucr ion to soc ia lsc lcnccs ,and to professnrnal subject mattc6 such as hq rnd

r e J . r - . / a , q o u . o c o m c h c n " h e r ' m r ' . r r i g

te .ch ine qua l i t y . Bu t howl By how ndch s rudents learn(when often the! are not ercn in conmlld ol hishschoo l Ens l i sh and mathenat ics when they cnrc r rh .un i le .s i t r ) r By how much thcy cn io ! lhe l r couss(per l raps a c . j te r ion nore .e le !an l to ex ten !on courses.nd ccrlain types af communnr colleee oiferinStl Byho* n ruch they can nemor i re . by how much they l rkctheir teachers and c.n relatc 10 !hcm. bt, hos sellplepa.ed theJ_ are ar the end ol their studies to venturco u r . n r u h . q . r ' ' l h r ' , n ) . e . i h ' r L e i ' o r " n " i

while we are slillconfidcnl thal any newand slrikingdevelopmenls in rhe theory ofreaching cvaluarion wiUbe b.ought ro our atlention by the specialists on the' " ' l r o r . e , q c h d \ c e m o d r . e o n n d \ . r u r e i ndeciphcrins the rewa.ds structure oi rbe univesily andin ascenaining present perccplions and pracnces wilhrespect lo thc rolc of telchiog and rhe elalualion oltcachirg wilhin the unirenily. Ar ourllrsl meelings *cspent mosl of our limc dcliberating on a series ofinstrunenk aDd modes ol rnqurry to be used rn theefforl ard ir tryinglhcm out on smaller samples, I n thefa l l o f i9?8 , we began to in te rv iew cbance l lo6 .aca . len ic v ice chancc l lo6 . aDd members o f theacademic pc6onne l commi l tees on the severa lcampuscs. wc are also questioning chans of depan-menrs about p .ac l i ces s i th in the i rdepar tments and we

may attedpr Io su.ve! aeneral iacult! and studcntau i tudcs as *e l l . I t scens c lcar a l .cady lha t the task

force trill no1 bc ablc 10 .econdend one parlrcula.

mode o f teach ing e \a lua t ion . l t shou ld- horvere . . be

ab le to dake rcconrmendat ions fo r p resen l ing lhetu l les l po$ ib le accounr o f teach lnge l lo r t in peBonn. l

action cases and for jmproving leachins eifecli\cncs

lhrouSb consultarion servrces and teachrnB rcsources

I1 i s . l rcady apparen l lha t the PrcdomLnant ne thod

ol evalualing tedching is to rely on sludcnt oprnrons.

Th is i s in l ine w i lh sha l I have d l ready sa id abour lhe

e!a lua t ion o f teach ing as a s tudcr t i ssue N los t

campuses have studcnt euluation books- student ruDe la lua t ion ccn les , and the l i ke . A lnos l in ra f iab l ! lhes tudcnt cva lua t ion insLruments makc a c la im 10 hare

formed r/1, authoritative judgment on the coubcsevaluarcdi only ra.ely a.e their lindin-Es submilted totacu l ty . dcans . and conmi r tees . The mcthodo lo8 ! .rcliabilily. and corerdge of such undc.iak,ns\ ollenlea . r nuc l ro oc dc r ,d Pc h , p . rhe mo r que i .able aspecl of campus widc evalurlion p.ocedures rs tbe

s fa i t jacke l o f nandard fonnsr cach depar rnenr .

r f t Jgram, and tcacher is judsed br thesane* i rc f ra , thcs a m c s c 1 o i n u m b e r s t h a l c a r b s r u n l h . o u g h

computers . and lhe samc cxpcc la t rons about wh. lconnitulcs cflcct've teachrng Another qucstronable

.spcc t rs tha t many courses fa l lbc t t rccn the c racksandescape evalu.lion, somcirnres because . teacher ic.A a

negat i le repo | t and .e iuses pern iss ion to conduc l thcsurvey, sonetines becausc rhe siudenl eraluatorsrhense lvcs ha le no in le rsL in cover inc . l l thc cou.seson a calrpus. The evaluaiions are usu.llJ corducted b!

undcrs laduares , s ince th is g rour tcnds to be morecoh*i!€ and to hale a nore idenritiable codmurlry ofinlercsl than the Sraduate studenls. whosc conccrnt and

. o u . e . , , p g - n e " l l ) e \ . . J d c . L . a , . - . " 1 1 1 r . o .

process. Most of thc tinre only courses t.ughi by i!llrimc iacully nedbeB, not lhosc taught h! teachrng

a$k1an!s, scen to be subjected ro evalLr.rion. allhouehil would seed logical thal i/ lherc is going lo he a

s tudent - run eva luar ion cnrc rpr ise . wh ich is o tuensuppo.Ied financially in one wa) or olhcr by thcunivcAiry itself. then all courses. or d1 lclsr alldcpa|1nents, should be evaluated.

The ab id ing facu l ty d ; t rus t o t s tudent run eva lua t ions is based onarangeof feas .nd bad cx tcnences ,wh ich inc lude nor on l l un iavorab lc ind i !dua l .epor tsh u " l , o l d r . . r " . n r ' e t ! r . - r u p - n e l i . ' b . l i r ) . npub l ish ins resu l ts and inadequacy o f corc race Forthese rcasons there lre faculty elforts 10 .ircumvenr

s tudent - ruD cva lua l ion and to s !bs t i lu te fn i r e i rhc .depannenta l eva lua t ion fo rms or evcn lb i rns dcsgncdby individual teache.s. Most facult! nrembers, ofcou.se . have no sk i l l i n d$n ing sur \cy iDs l fumcntsor , i l they do . man ipu la le rhes fo rms ro eencrare aspositive a rcsponr a5 po$ible self-interesr. nor always

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cn p l r -cd n . r \ . hn .mnn d- , r , c J r , r . . rd - . u . ,, _ _ f o , r , , r f r u d c n r . . o r r h p d e f d . r n c " , , , n J o li n d r r r J u J l t d ! u l t \ h e m h e r s .

We a l l know. as chat rs o fdepar tmenrs , rha t s ludcntevaruat'ons, wharcver their source. shoutd bc ,cao. " r c t ' r r l v . 1 r d . o m c . , h - . ^ e p r , . r | | ! . { r q i g n c r e v p . \ o l

r h e r c i d e n - J r e , . r o o c r oconcenr ra le on rhe numer icar ra r inss . i tava i rab le . andlo daregard much of rhe ren. The firsr and nosrr r n u r a n . c d r . , r . o n o f . e d . h i n B r h . . m u . r o r n a - . r r lcome ar lne dcpa. rmen la t tevc t . s ludentevatua t ions r rea ' \1 f "b le , , f rcndcnng x .nmp. -her . r te dpprd .d , o ., te ic rc r - . " t ie . I rene, . dno nudcnr \ wr (n n . , . red $ t l

lend to admi r th is . I t i s impor ran t lo look be lonc rnenar ro* l im i ts o fper io rmance in thcc lassroom. i fw . " , "'n le r ts red i . knowing what 's go ing on a t ihe un i le^ t ry .- o m c r r r t l \ m e h b s , q I r n o r . , c r p . , r n . c i u t d r . h r pdnd l r l l l - lanJc i r t tn . r r r c rs r - ! . , ,

l - p " ' " r r : . p r o n n r i o - ! m , . . n a a n u r d c r u , , , !

rDagcs o l lhemsetves as dcd ic ! ted teachers w i thdcdlcaled student fo owings, jusr as orhcrs wiU throwrnem( i i re \ In to .o t ra i t r . r . d r d o .h ! . "dmin . . t ra , velasks as a subs t r ru le fo r morc subs tan t ia tach ievehenr'n scnota .shrp o . reach inS, o r bo lh .

Thcre are r vardy of other availabtc sources otr r r " on le " r ' , rn , , i r i r . a . r . / . . ,q n . c h . l r h o . t J e a t v - " l F r r o L . t r

' . d . i g - . . u u r

I ' a t r e n a \ e a t , o w r d r h r n L d c n hio domhalc lhe issue and co_opt us, so that we nave

responsibilily to rhem a.d ro theiu .nbe( and comhenrs in rhe i r c la luar ions o f

The mosl effcdivc mclhod ofensunng lhat ve oufetves tnow what goes on in the. ; \ roor rnuLd hc o ed . \ rn r rc r i rsrfon drrct expedence and cta$ visits wc do kno!, d! ar,ue. *nar ourtoungen corlcagucsa.ccapable otdoing.

leacher has rhe ph .D. in hand. theda$r@m lends to beomc an inviotale sanduary. nor' o b e . n t . d e d h ^ r h c r T e r b ! r , o t r l e r d . u l r ) c r . e r l. ' ' l ' ' , " " " " I " - n r c . . n r - s e r r { r r 1 e . d , \ o , r a d r o

tresenlarrons at departmentat coltoq!ja and Dubticrectures. !_aculty should conce.n lhemselvcs as wc!s'th tvatuating their colteagueJ couae sylabi and' e . ! l . . n g m a ! . " t , . , o . r r u c r i , r a t I n n , \ d r i n 1 . . q n J.on l ro t run , . ^ rh r on8or lg b ro .c+ . l ad t . inA d_d-ornr t ,n8 horh unof l s ro r ru" , . "n , : g*0u , , " , , rJ " " r .r ' , r 1 e $ r h . n B . a r e f c t e . J l r r o d d p r " r r r e n r J lcva lua t ron o t a pe6on\ reach ing . . lus l as .e levanr asu r r r . t u d e n r . m , v i d r . n r h e . , c o l r \ c " v d u d l r o n : . I na o d r r , . n , l w a u l d b e d e . , r d b t e r o h d L e . r u d e n rop,lrons. especiauy the opinions of departmeru,T d ^ r . . o , q a l o n S e r b q r n d o , t r h - t , r , u d e n r , w r . n . oDe " r io r rd rw c \d tu te lm I lea .nc^ . ,hFn lhe , , tourar r<o D! s r l t rnd ro r t d .sn d1d q I re d .e f ie r o , j r Fdna |amaraph abour a pcrson who has taughi tbem norlusr ror one qua.rer of semcsref but in a series of

c16r/ - 3courses oye . lwo or oore years . I twou ldaho behetp fu lro have rcr.ospeclive evatuations by sruden$ wno haveDen away trcm lhe univcrsily for several yeaN andnavenad rhc oppo.tunuy to realjze theeffect a teacherhas hdd on rhem. F ina l l y , s ince I am skerch inga[ernar rves 10 thc exc tus ive re t iance on s ludentend o,-cou.se evaluarjons. lhefc is atso a Dtace tor, a , 1 . e , . t i . . - t L " r o n n r J . ^ u r . e . . n , - a r r e . r h o * rr D p d r \ . r t . , t . . h . \ o n r n e . d r J d n ̂ p D o . . u i j , urepry ro studenr c.nicisms

survels at the Uriyersirt of CdiforniE, Irvine

, H d r i n e . n o i , e " a t , e r d . " r , u , n t e n ! r n . i n s e r e r d , . -

r wouro .oq l r re io .hd .e t r th ]ou rh . re \u t t \ o t r , rcesurveys of op'nion and perceplion at UCI wilhrn the.cccnr pasl One document.lhe Aedenit hlr"Notr:L'n.teryradtate St u.teh! petrep I b6 oI the Edu.o I to.atLhv t o4 . ' 4 t d thp Urv , , . r t r , I a i t , t \ t r h \ tke .hy1 ,1a lhb A. O Vd c . qd \ .non.o ,eo o ] th - A . ,ocra leds udenr r . T l -e lqo o th r r .u r ,cv , I undcnnot Tvre l , l.on un-1r .1 s h r j e {o r^ o t lne unrvpr . } rx \^ lo r . . .M \ r . \ r \ u r \ c y . , q . * r , o n n . : r e o i r e c l r d " r c h a r . r o rdepanmrnts and deans of th. schoois a1 UCt. wasoesgned ro p.obe the perceprions and atriluoes orr a . u l r \ m e m b - ' . d d m r n r \ t r d l r l eresponsibitity To ensu.c a maximum .esDonse. ihe

qo\ dnr bu .ed ,h rougt Ine \ . .oemrc\en" le O, t r . s r rh d !o te r .e f ie r t rom Ine e \ecJ \evrce-chancclk{. 'Ihcre

we.e a lotal of 27 .eptir:. orof about 80%. Ir was possible to lr

out rne.queslronnatre anonyhously. although I urgeorespondents to identify theoselves anO mostaiO.Ivranyrespondenrs answered a nuhber of rhe questiod ar

. \1yvcond.u , ,e \ qdaquc\ Ionnar readmrnb,eredJr

m F c n d n l r h - s r - ! r \ t r d r ' - r , " t r , . l _ a n d , e , o n d _ ) ( d -

n r r r r - rn r .econd .ecr SDd" ish rou . . ( , , d \ we tc , inon_ oJ lhe In ' roducrdrv jodn .h . our .s t ^ r m" rorsA l o r . l o l 1 1 2 n u d e n t ' r e r r e d . m o r e I n . n r . 0 7 , o t , h e.ample o l rhe 4 , rdenr tnveht . , \ . s i : .n andtyTed

bp.aur my que, f io -nd . ,e qd ,aomrnrnrcd o ruden,s n iuman i l r$ cou, .e , , tne

un ' \ r \ .ome$har d i t te renr Uom thp .u^ey poputdr ,onnI t \ A , t . te 'h t thv .a r t t . \1uadamr \ te red ro d more or te r .aD l r \e poputa | |o r , rur n e u e r m J n n u d c d , d r h r i r | l n d , e \ d m . a n d , o r r e\D i (n \ r -d4 . . , " c ta*e , du , inB rne ta , r {ee^ nr

The re$l$ of tle three $rveys, takcn togerher, a.cnol enlirelyflattering. Each su.veysuffers b;ause ftere. . no er te jnd l ,ompan,on or con l ro t g roup. Vy usn

l l r : :ks"o1n8r,e, $ere,,an^rv, lar, uy, n"opny,"' 1 a ( r rne !u \ h quesr ion ! dnd, f rhe) $erero berep;a ,eoor exrended. I woutd be ne . " * . , ) to , . , " . .om. o r th "

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queslions and retbink othcrs. I do have reaso. tobelieve, howcver, thai the siruation described in thesurveys r nor pecul,ar to UCL My queslionnaie iorchans was repcatcd in a similar fordal bymy task forcecolleagDe fron UCLA. with similar reslhs, and mystudent surey does conrain. as ir lurns our, a built-incompanson group: namely, those sludents *ho hadat tended other posrsecondary inst i tur ions beforeen.ourn8 a! I.vinc. Until further resting al otherinstiiutions p.oves otherwise.I would rake nv findingsas more or less representahve of at least large public

Thc qucstionnane lorchairs and dcans was designedr o d i t s h d r p r o ( c d u . e . d e f d m e n t . f o l l o q i n! ra lud ' ing lcrch.nC at I rL s-- rhe-dcp!nmrnr 'd ivegreater emphasis ro teaching or .esearch in thei rdeliberations in personnel cases. *ha1 deparrmenrs dovhen a facully mbmber'sleachingis found wanring. andwhelher there is any uniform perceplion of oificialcanpus policy wilh regard to evaluation and enphasson tcu! \ inp Tre r / . fon.e\ loa i i . l ,p F,o 'qu.U01.directed a1 teaching evalla1ion procedures and trendsat UCI can be summarized fairly brielly:

i . Io a quesr ion asking fespondenk Nheiher theyperceived any lrend in the relativeenphasis on leachingversus research over the last five years. I4sa* notrcndo. chanse. 7 saw teachinc as having become morermportant,3 saw research as having become doreimponanl. The resull is a srandoff, and basically veryliule seeds 10 havcchanged.

2. Although .eplies indicaled that rhe prevalentmethod of evaluaiing teacbins is leliance on srudenlcourse evaluarrons. no respondent had anylh ingposirive 1o say aboui the student-run evaluation book,and mosi depa.tmenls made use oftheir own forns orof ibrms devised by individual faculty nenbeG fof

3. To a queslion askins whar is done 10 improveinadequate teaching, four respondenls ref€rred todiscu$ions sith colleagues whose ieaching had beenfound weak. No respondent indicated use of anyexfadepa.tnental resources in this .egard.

4. To a qlestion asking how the ieaching load wasshared in departments. I9 respondenls staied rhat allm€mbers of their departmenr taughl al all cunicularlevels lowerdivision, uppeFdivision. and s.aduate.Th€ reply from one department was something of ananomaly. staling thal asistani and associale profe$o.staughr nost of the graduale courses.

A second series ofquesrions soughl to find oul howofficial unive^ilt policies were perceived and appliedwilhrn thedcpartments. Replies 10a qrestion aboul thechairs' omcial unde6tand ing of the .elarive significanceoi teachin8, res€a.ch, and service as rhe evaluativecomponen!s of .ecommendations showed that rheuniversily\ policy is interprered as ambiguous. Twelveresponses suggesr thal the ofilcial policy is to slress

research morc than teaching in peNoDncl aclions. Tenresponscs indicale ihat research and leaching haveequalweight. To a queslion abo ul how the deparrmenrBoe\ abour $e ghi rg e"c-rng. resed,ch. and .e, \ ' (e Indiscussing pendinB pe.sonnel ac! iors, 1be largesrnumber ol respondents say that research is discu$cdfirst and most extensively. To a question about howTUc'r 'urs seem, to be ld id or redchrns ar !d , io l .levels, frotu depa.tnenl 10 dean ro commitlee 10\ ic+cnancel lor dnd chancel o, . ,he seneral rmprer . .cnn hdr redcrr inC $cigh, les lhe h iE- . r onc eoe, .nlhe chain. altbougb ihere is an intimationlhai perhapsthe chancellor hinself cares more rhan nosl peoplereal i /e My conclu,on f rom rhF rne\ or quenron.is lhat much could be done at rhe highcsl levels o,administralion to clnrify policy and pradice, at least10 change the policy from "ambisuous," as n is nowinterp.ered at departmental levels, to "flexible."

A rh. rd f , ip , of qucn.on, .ouChr ,o derermrnewhethe. in tact the.e w,r weak leachine and whar wasdone aboul i t in deparhenla lpenonnelacr ions. To aquestlon asking vhethe. there had been weat leachirgin the department in the lasr few yea6, there were rrpo( i r i !e and 6 nesar i \ r ,cphcs. Prerumahlv hoqe\cr .the weak leachers were detected early a.d either we.edismissed at the end of rheir innial appointment o.were quickly tDrned into sood lcachers. for o.ly rwo.espondents indicated ihar a iaculty member had beengilen a negatjve mjd{areer appraisal because 01 weakleaching. Or perhaps different slandards we.e appliedduring mid-car€er appraisal in the fou.th year. To aquesrion asking whelher a faculry member *ho wasstrong in research and weak in teachinE had been denredelrher tenure o.promolion !ofullp.ote$or. rherc wffeonly 3 atfirmalive replies ard l7 negalile ones. To iheco.olla.y queslion whether a fa.ulty member who saswpal i_ e\ear .h bur d i r ro lg Fr , her hdd been B, \enerlher tenure orpronotion to tullprofessor, rherewereonly 2 aiilmative .eplies and lTnegaliv€ ones. It is lhusclearly pernhsible to eivc ienure, to pfomote 10 fullprofe$or, and to advance lullprofe$ors nr rhe hiehestsleps in the syslcm on ihe p.inary basis oi sl,u',sresearch, bul no1 on the prina.! basis of a sirongtcaching reco.d. For bcttcr or worse. and despire anofficial campus policy rhat seems enher anbisuous onthis point or coDcerned equally Fith rcscarch andteaching (depending on how one reads the guidelinet,the canpvs percei,es i^.lf as p.edominantlv resea.ch-o. ien1ed, and lhe dore product ive scholars !ndresearche.s reap the most rewards.

This s i ruar iod is d iametr i .a l ly opposed to theunderg.aduate perception oflhe uni!ersirys reason forbeing. To quote from rhe,.1LaLlo1i. hrenlot.r,...*nerlhe underg.aduat€s sampled were asked what weiahl atacul r l nerber ' , re"cf nB oudh \ s fou.d he s i rcnrelative to research, in the pronorion and renurep oce*. hal t te r rhar Fach,ns qual i r \ \hould bc p.vp-

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dore werghl than.csea.ch and .46_s. felt thar teachinCshould be sivcn equal *eight with rescarch.. tn replylothe sc1 of questions asking respondenls what thcy rao[aund h b. the primary role facully performed o.campus and *hat tbey thoughr lhe facuhy\ rote rtorl.tbe .87% rep l ied rha t the facu l l y \ .o tc sho! td bcpnmanl ! lo teach. In the schoots o f eng inecr ing andine ar ts , fu l l y 100% of rhe s tudents thought rha t lhepr imary .o lc o f fa .u l l v shoutd be teacb inE In rhehunanities- 12.6q, ibund lhe faculry s prime role /o r.rcachins and 95.6% said ir r&,!/.l r. reaching. rherewas no apprec ia t ion whatsocver o fa facuhy de e i theras admrns l ra to r o r counseto . . and on t ! 4 4% jn thehumanities rhought rhat the p.imary rcte slrtuul ..rcseatch (A.t.lenlit lhrenkt\, p. 10).

Th js ind ica lcs rhar_ jus l as the admin is r ra r ion shoutdmake c lcar ro the lacu l ry i t s expecra l ions w i lh .egardro rhe rcspecrive roles of tcaching and research.whateler these nray be. \o the facutly has rhe jmmense

lob o l educat ing undergraduatcs about the ro le o r Lneun'veBuy In socrety and the idpo|tance otrcscarch, i/' , - ; ' h , ' t -n ,k t " r t t \ , ra , , r t , ,n , t i \ r a \ h " , ine a ."iu.h obliedtion b pulh at the tronliets o[knofledse^ 1o engo!<? n1 teu.hnlg_ Orhe.wise lhe srudents villpc rce i le eve .y hour spcnr in .esearch as an hours to tenr rom theo. l rod the i r ins l ruc l ion , and f ron ihc i r

These findln8s a.e borne out by my own surley olundcrgraduale aunudes. Orisina y I set our ro askqueshons about vhat s ruden ls were t l ink ine when lheyeva luared a course . bu t lhe qucsr ionna i rc evu ,vcuins tead in ro an auempt to measure rhe c l ina te o ls tuden l - facu l l y con lac l and unders tand ing . Theconcrusrons to be d.awn from n! qucstionnaire arera the .depress ing inseve.a l respec ts .

The Spa. ish and cerman sanptcs d i i fe fsomewhat incompo$non: spanish d.aws about .15% oI its enro -mcnt trom majo.s in humdnitics departmcnls, whercasGernan I has only 257. bunaniries majo.s (cermnn 2approaches 45%) . Both Span ish I and Span ish 2e . ro1 la significanlly highe. p.oportion of studenrs whoa t r e n d e d o t h e . p o s t s e c o n d a r y i n s l i t u t i o n s b c f o . es ludyrng a l UCI . and Span ish 2 has lw ice as hdntrieshmcn enrollcd (.199l.) as does c*man 2 (2{o/a).Despne these difercnces. i1 sems acceprablc ior !,ypurposes to lump the Span ish l , Span jsh 2 . andCerman I samples roger her bcca use I hcy show the samelendencies jn lheir rcplies to the survev questions. I. h d l l , a v e l h - u e r r b n 2 . d n n - t o r L r " , d r . . u \ o n ,a long w i lh a l5 -nudenr sample t .om a ih i rd ycarSp"n .h (ouAp Ine , g r r t r . ,n t numDcr o , mrno, , r ). r u d e n $ r a o . r t . a h . c r o . , , . r h c \ p a n . h , a m n c . I ncont .as t to rhe cermansamples d igh t have madesu! rcdiil!rcnce in rhe final evaluation of rhe survey.esults_bur rhF que\ r cnnd, re , t id no ' n rovrde 'o r rdenr t \ in8

C

rogethcr contain 27t srudenls. white mosr find mo.ee m o h d . n o n l e a c L n g x t l . l L h d r . l r h e r . f r e r r o u .'nst ' tu l 'on (142. or 52% wnh anothe. 65, or 24q. ,sra i i rg thai rhe emphasis isabour the san4, thcy do no1see th is as f fear inB a general ty more favoraDrealmosphere. Fo.tyjour percenr perceive UCr teachersas les concerned abour then studenls, 46% consderfacully{ludent contact less salisfactory ar UCI thanarthei. previous insriturion. 507c resard UCI reache$ asl"* d!ce, . ib - t r t rJ . \e pcrcenr n" !e .he rmp.e\ronlhat UCI teachers are soncrines more inleresrco rn.esearch rhan in reachine There is adoirledly someamblgui ty in lhe phrasing of the que! t ions. Thestudenrss e r e a . r e d r o \ o m n c r c I C t s I h I n "

l d . r r l i r ' u l r o nwh'ch ior 66q. ofrhe respondenrr was high school. Thetcrm leachcr" used in this series of quesrions is alsoaobrguous. I chose the term in o.der nol to prejudicethe queslrons abou! prolessors as opposed 10 leachingassislanrs on the second page of rhe queslionna!c, sothat in the conlex! of rhe quesrions about quality ofcontacl , leache. concern. and so for th, the, . ,ar''leacher" could mean eithe. futl-time facully nemberor leachrng ass'stant. Whal does !how up quitc cleartyr . rhdr . rLdenr. i i -d thc a l t ro.pncre ar r Ct $, . " nB.on the whole, than ar &ei rprv jous ins l i tu t ions. Thereseens 10 be a strong posiiive corelarion, howcvs.b e t s e e n r e l a r i \ " . r r . \ i a , r i o n a . , c t ( . h a r r , , dperceptlon dfthe qualily ofcdnlact. concern, and so on.as hetref or about ihe same) and previous afiendancearanother postsecondary inslilurion, and this findinsleads me 10 beliele rhat IJCr does nol seem decidedlyinfe. ior in atmosphere 1o o lher postseconda.yinstilulions bur only to the students high schools.

I inchded the questions aboul how much sludenrsthink leache.s sork as somethin8 of a cu.iosiry. As Iwas d.alting the queslionna;e, rhe fiBhesulls ofa UCwork load suryey, conducred by a private researchDstuute in Berkelcy, became available, showing rharlaculty meftbers clairned ro work. on average. about65 hou6 a *eek and ro devole aboul l0 of these rornslructron-related acliviry. I myself was among therandom sample of UC facutiy ask€d ro keep a workdiary lor two days and transmit rhe resulls. Over rwoweekdays I logged a toralofabour 20 hours tharcou,ohoneslly be considercd job-related. so rhat for a week(jncludins weekendt I do .o1 consider 65 houb anexa8e.".ated fi9ure. Professoshaveabadpublicihase,however, and lhe work-load survey is probably norgoidg to persuade many people, e i the. srudenrs,or legislaron, thal we are doin8 enough work. Ot rhe271 respondents, 35% rhousht rhat p.ofesso.s workedl0 hou^ a week (and a coupte even rhoughr ..10 hounor les"), *hile anorher 26E,answered 40 houn. S,trc.a fairly large peicentage ofrespondents did nor venrurean opinron on this quesrion, this rotal of 6lqo is elenworse than 't appears. There is a fanly sr.ong posilivecorrelarion between the answer 30 hou.s or40 hours on

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The Spanlsh I, Spanish 2, and cerman I sanples

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01, - '0 'vthe *ork-time queslnrn and a yes response to theques l ion whe lher j t i s r iah l lo .p ro l i sso6todo rcse l rchas we l l ! s leach (a to rd lo f699; ) . Th is nay ind icare thars rudenrs lh ink p ro fc$o6 work l0 o r 40 hours . rinslructional actiyities and then do research on lheirown r ime, bu t thc qucs t ion c lca f ly askcd lhcm toin . ludc in 'h ! i r ! , r 'm! rc o l ro rd ho . r ! qor lcd rhc r imcspent on research and on comdrrtee meerings and rhelike. lmost l.lta staled natly thal 1r wasn\ ri.shr fo.teache.s to do research. while another 2r.; answerc.lthar they canl rcll. .nd sonc of rhos€ who na€dthat il trar all nght ro do research added a qualilicr

such as "but not if il detracrs l.om teaching '' l

he quesr ions about p ro fessors and teach ingass is tan ts a re fo r me most revea l ing o f lhe prob len . l i cs i luar ion o la un ivers i ty !uch as UCI Idy \e l lamro ta l l yconlinced by the argument put forlh by myfricnd andib.mc. colleasue Jefrey Sanmons, in rhe Lt,rcun*rr'p rux i t in 1914, lhar reach ing a$ is lanrs a re in reahvexploil€d scab labor. naking it exrremcl) dilficult lb.Ph.D . to t ind ob . . Tcrch ;nC . , r ; rbn , , . h - \ , Jthedselves odly recenlly been eraduated from colleee.are for thc nosl pa.t !nqualiired as leache6 and havcto learn somerhing about teachjng while on rhe rob, atthc same tioe as they a.e eipected to carrt r iullacademic course load. when I expressed this poinl ofr . ! q d u ' r n g r h e p . s l ) c . ' n - ) r e p l J r o d q u e . U o n n i I c

by rhe LrC l Cond i t ree on Edu.ar iona l Po l i c r , i l 5eemsto bavecaused someihing of a n uproar. N"o one had everthouShr o t rhc u ' . l i l d t ion o t 'eac \ .nB d . n ,an ' q , i rpin that liahl before, and the ensuine disclssion lcd a1leasl to a recommendation to t.y lo seek some linancialsupport Ior Ii.st-year graduatc sludcnts oi to offerlhemexfa .onpensation to. the trials and r.ibulations oflearninA 10 tcach. I do nor cxpcct much tocome oflhat.Legislaru.es and universiry adminisrrations have beenso sold on the idea of sraifing a la.ge number of,n l .oduc lo ry - leve1 courscs w i th cheap teach,ngas is ran t labor tba t n w i l l lakea mi rac le to e l l i c l muchchange. ln the neanlime thc situalion wirh regard loteacbing asistants at UCI (and I suspccl nol only here)

Ol the survey sadple, tull! ?5t, ol thc rcspondenrs.€pli€d that rhey vcre tauShr either 257; or 50-o; byleachins assislanls, almos1 20i., were raughr 75Lo \ r F J , n E . . L . o n F . d r . o J l c $ . J r J l u r r i | . n l . n r Iand seniors are slill beina taueht by lcaching .sista ntsin a significanl percenlasc of thc; da$es. The rsuhsarc incvitabh. Teaching asisthts identily wilh rheirsludents; the underg.aduatcs idenlify wirh the leachingassislanls. To the question whethcr the teachinea$isran! or rhe profes$r is rhe norc concernedreacher, the over*hclmins respons was the teachinsa$ isunt . Tho response to the ques l ion about qua l i ryo fcontac t s i th reach inE ass is tan t as oppdsed rop.ote$or is even more ovcrwhelning (79.70 for theteachin8 asisrants). The areas oflhc campus in whrch

some s ludents p re le r the p .o lesso15 happcn ro beprcdominan l ly a reas {here thc leach ing .ss is tan ts d .eperceiled as especiall! illprepared for rheir reachinsdurics. so rhcrc is no comfo( to be lound there.

fhe lrddcDli lar.nrart, liom which I quoledear l l c r , r / ,? r documcnt o r nen l ion somedissa t is fdc t ronwi th thc qu lh ry o l l cach ine asss lanc a t UCl . Tharf te l ing , hoee ler , i s , , t the na in th rus t o f thc ansscrsto thc ques l ions I posed. Somc d issar is facr ion snb, e . ( f . n g . , . . i n a n r , . h o $ r h o u t Lpnmarily lhc lack 01 nrcaninsful conra.r with iacultydenbe6 thar i s in e l idence Ih is beconres c lcar I romsonrc o l lhc .espooses 1o thc ques l ions ask ing what ateaching assislant is and what the diltrence is betwcena tcachrng asislanr and a professor. I he .esponses tothe two questrons tend to nerge. and sonctimcs thet'b . d . , o n h c . j n i c r l A s r . , d u d ' e { . a p - . , i n , i \ .in believing thal teachins is lun. A profcsor teachesbecause he has to Grads tuden l . leadssccnons. hc lpsyou undersland the prof's leclures, does the dirlyw o r k . A k n o w l e d g e a b l e p c r s o n w h o a n s * e . sques t ronsandprob lemscausedby lhcpro l Pro fs$eareproblcms. TA sometimes help answe. them ".^

teache n trrinina vho N a spin off of rhe p.oiesytA TA is usua l lyaho a s rudent , o f ten doreeas ! to re la leto (un le$ thc t lc1 thc i rpos i t iongo lo the i .heads) . 4g.aduate student char8ed to inslrucl . cldss rheappljcarjon of lecture nate.ial. Prolessor prcscnl thcdoEma: T ,A rakc rh rough i t in hope o is iv inss tudcnrsc lea .er unde.s land ins o i dogma ' The i l l i te racr andc lu ! rsy cxprcss ion o f n .ny o f rhe rep l ies a rcout \ tand ing Here is one commcnt f ron a g r .duates tuden l in conrpara t i re l i r f fa ru re : I been a t l l ( l l l o r

M ost respo nden$ (56-c.) answered cil her thar studenrcraluarions of teachers were arr laken inroaccounr brthe depar lncn l o r rha t rhe inpac l o f e \a lua t ions wasn o r k n o * n . T h e q u c s l i o n s a s k i n 8 f o r t b e m o s l.mpondnr po .n t ;n $"1-ar i rs " , - " , -e , cnd rhc mJtor.ea$n lbr evaluatins couscs and teache* elicitedtorally sai! answers: Hov much you learned in thecou6e d-J _Hor ke r l - " redcher ,uc 'ccdcd .nmor iva l ing vou wcrc by fa r lhere tponses to the fo rmerqucs l ion i lhe response So tha tr h e r p . r . h p . d n J , ' \ - r . n r h e c o u r , c x n d i m p r o v ! r'h r ne ' imr " sJ . cho \n o \e r$L le lming l \ d . r I r , lnrcd ,on io r cou , 'e e \d - . r in - . Br r \ub . rJnr i r l mJrg i rs rudents p re le r as a fo .na l fo r eva lua t ions aconb ida i ion o fessay and n !mcr ica lsc . le (overa s idp lenumer ica l sca le ) . and lwo th i rds o f the s tudcnrs bche lethal they can evaluate courses ve.y objecrively '

I have oanaged lo bcgin and end my plper. by a so(of legerdenain. on the sane subjcct. lhe evaluarronol teaching. by way of what may seed a digre$ion onrhp mdCe i h . o ro ie*or Jnd o i rhe lA J { -m d . i ris practiced in major public univcsnies. Srricrly. D e r l i n s . r h e u n . \ e , , . r \ , a . l I n ( e o n ' ! J . h , - g

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