CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- Background of the Study
Teacher rating is one of the topics which require pertinent attention by our education regulatory system. As teachers are only being rated and promoter base on their education qualification and time put into the service. Students also have a clear picture of these teachers as they have the first hand interaction with teachers (Abrami & d’Apollonia, 2009).
Teacher evaluation has evolved over time from focusing on the moral values of a teacher in the early 1900s to standards-based evaluation models of today that seek to include measures of student academic progress. Often, teacher evaluation systems seek to serve two needs: accountability and improvement. Changes in teacher evaluation have been influenced by political winds as well as a desire to create systems that are fair and balanced (Abrami, Theall & Mets, 2011). This article provides an overview of the evolution of teacher evaluation as well as a focus on measuring teacher effectiveness and including such measures as part of an overall evaluation system. Earlier evaluation models began to connect evaluation to the roles and responsibilities of the teacher with a move toward developing standards that delineate teacher performance expectations. These expectations would then be used as a basis for the design and implementation of the evaluation system. In the current standards-based accountability, the focus has shifted from an evaluation system that measures the processes of teaching to an evaluation system that measures both the processes of teaching and student outcomes. The United States is the avant-garde initiator and practitioner of this trend of reform. Including student outcomes has been the topic of intense discussion as policymakers and researchers debate the validity of the use of student test scores in terms of value-added modelling and other growth models. Researchers do not agree on the stability of such models and whether they do differentiate between effective and less effective teachers (Armstrong, 2018). Although the debate continues, implementation of such systems in many states within the United States has begun. Similarly, countries across the globe struggle with the basis for teacher evaluation and how teacher effectiveness research impacts such processes. Research will continue to inform and enrich this debate and discussion (Braskamp & Ory, 2014).
- Statement of Problem
Prior to this period, Teacher has only being assessed by the Education regulatory body and never have they considered the student assessment of the teachers. Most of these teachers put up a perfect front with good qualification but are most times unable to motivate or impact knowledge to this student. But this research work provides a basic student rating system capable of allowing various class students to rate his or her teacher and these rating are compile and analyze by various regulatory body. It also aids proper storage and maintenance of Student documentation. Furthermore, it aids structured document representation and eliminates the tedium of performing monotonous rating system.
1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study
The main aim of this study is to design and implement of students rating teacher’s effectiveness system (A study of National open University of Nigeria)
Other specific objectives are;
- Fully automate student and teacher database system.
- Online assessment form /window for rating different teachers.
- Decreased processing time and form errors.
- Display teachers records only to the student registered in The teachers class
- Provides authentic, qualitative and comprehensive data on the teachers rating gotten form his / her assessments from student.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The benefits of this platform are;
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- Improve Information Sharing
Sharing of information based on students rating teacher’s effectiveness system has been a multi-purpose and strategy for student to have a standard impact to their studies. In fact this methodology has been the best for students, both in the aspect of distance-learning and nearby centres. This students rating teachers effectiveness system has also helped the students to profound and understand the importance of reading.
1.5 Scope of Study
The project is to create a web based application for student rating of teacher effectiveness system in order to bring teachers online and eliminate the tedium of performing monotonous transactions. The scope covers the activities involved in the assessment scheme which will involve student ability to only rate his class teacher or subject teacher
1.6 Limitation of the Study
This project was constrained by the following factors:
(a) Financial Constraints
Bearing in mind the economic situation of the nation, it was found difficult in making both ends meet, because of the exorbitant nature of things nowadays in travelling for the collection of data needed for the project.
(b) Time Constraints
Looking at the interval between the resumption and vacation of the final semester for the project to be completed, the time given seemed to be short for the collection of required information for better work to be done.