Do you think the school is providing enough avenues for student feedback?
“I believe so. The online application form is very effective and most teachers choose to read it anyway. Also, the Sanggunian is doing its best to reach out. It’s not the avenues that are missing, but students with the courage to really voice what is on their mind.”
– Armando Miclat III, II BS ME
“So far, the only avenue for feedback that I’m aware of is the semestral faculty evaluation on AISIS. However, I don’t think this is ‘enough.’ I don’t see actions being taken to correct any complaints we’ve raised through those evaluations. What use is there for feedback then if we students can’t see how it benefits us?”
– Reg Onglao, II BSM AMF
Do you think your feedback is actually helping the teachers?
“I think it will only be helpful if students take the evaluation thing seriously. Like, if people would always rate their teachers through numbers without stating in the comments part why they gave them that grade, well, it’s hardly going to help the teacher improve and maybe it will just lead the teacher to feel bad about himself, which may or may not be the objective of the student.”
– Joben Odulio, I BS LM
“I’m not aware of the process of how the teachers can read through the myriad of student evaluations and actually learn from them. So I can’t say if they’re actually helping them or not.”
– Reg Onglao, II BSM AMF
“Not really. There are so many categories and subcategories that people can simply rate without really thinking. I believe that a few general questions would be better. It’s harder to quantify, but I believe that the answers would be more helpful.”
– Melissa Wong, I BS Mgt
Do you think student feedback has a role in teacher quality control?
“Yes, the teachers become wary of the student evaluations and these push them to try their very best in handling their responsibilities well enough.”
– Roselyn Ko, II BS LfSc
“For me, it does since it points out flaws which a teacher can readily fix. Also, it compliments and gives a teacher heartening praise if and when he or she deserves it. Of course, the limitation of this feedback is that the personality of a teacher is still at his or her core. Personalities are not so easily flexible or repairable by a simple survey form.”
– Armando Miclat III, II BS ME
“No, at least [not] through AISIS. Only when we actually complain through a letter, or directly to a teacher, do I think that there’s some semblance of hope in actually getting through to that teacher.”
– Reg Onglao, II BSM AMF
