Abstract:
A previous study (Rahnema et al., 2003) reported on students' perceptions of the "Student Evaluation of Instruction" (SEI) instrument. Since students constituted only one side of the course instruction and evaluation equation, the objectives of this study were to determine faculty perceptions regarding their willingness as participants, faculty's perception on the qualifications of students as evaluators, and faculty's belief in the effectiveness of the SEI instrument. A survey was administered to 66 faculty members at The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute. Thirty-nine (59.1%) of the faculty completed this survey, of which 29% were regular faculty, and 71% auxiliary faculty. On a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), the faculty members indicated a willingness to be evaluated (4.0 ± 1.2) and were neutral in qualification of students (3.3 ± 1.2), validity of SEI for teaching (2.7 ± 1.1), and annual performance evaluations (2.8 ± 1.2). Faculty believed students used SEIs to get even with their instructors (3.9 ± 1.2); faculty perceived that other faculty influenced their students (3.8 ± 1.2); and that course content was compromised (3.5 ± 1.1). In conclusion, faculty appeared to be willing participants in the SEI process but were not sure if students were qualified to evaluate their instructors and felt course content was compromised. Faculty appeared indecisive regarding the effectiveness of the overall process.
Keywords:
evaluation, instruction, effectiveness, faculty
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