Are students really equipped to monitor their teacher's performance?

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By Gordon Cairns
Community contribution / August 31, 2017

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Gordon Cairns is an English teacher and education journalist in the UK.

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If there is a mismatch in perception between how art students good enough to be given a place on a course in one of the best institutions in the world view their school, how good a review will a teacher get from a disgruntled 12-year-old who has just been told off for shouting out in class?

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The school hopes this will celebrate success and lead to the sharing of good practice and it could be argued that as the recipients of the education, they are in the best place to judge the value of it.

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Pity the poor teacher about to be monitored by their pupils who doesn't know any jokes, it could reflect badly on their score.

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