Yes, uni students say some awful things in teaching surveys, so how can we use them to improve?

  • Written by: Joseph Crawford, Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Academic Division, University of Tasmania
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Imagine some of the key evidence for promotions at work being anonymous responses from coworkers who just received a bad performance evaluation from you. Something similar happens in higher education, with teachers rated by students grateful for good grades or disgruntled by low grades. That’s a bitter pill to swallow for some...

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