...certain Teacher responsibilities and student rights. Students may not think that the teachers deserve to have as many rights as they should or do, but it is a good thing in the long run. If the teachers let the students get away with things more, then their will most likely be less teaching and also bad things could start happening. For example, teachers should be able to be able to randomly search a student’s locker without their permission sometimes. I think that if there is a reasonable cause to why they are checking it, then do it. But if the student does not do anything for it to happen then why can a teacher not trust their students. Today, a lot of students are starting drugs at a younger age and also bring weapons to school. Therefore, teachers have certain responsibilities and rights and students also have certain responsibilities and rights too. Teachers have rights that are constitutional when becoming a teacher. Some of those rights would be substantive and procedural due process rights. This includes the teacher’s rights to receive notice of termination and right to a hearing. The freedom of expression and association provided by the First Amendment is another right as well. A teacher has academic freedom too. Academic freedom is a limited concept that is recognized by courts based on principles of the First Amendment. They also have protection against unreasonable searches and school officials of a teacher’s personal property (Glink, 2011). Teachers also have...
Words: 999 - Pages: 4
...really think that all of the students in school is mature enough to evaluate their teachers? Maybe some are, but probably half of the students will not be as much mature enough. Teacher being graded by these students cannot have any improvements. In today’s debate our team opposition will state that students evaluating their teachers should not be happening. First and foremost, we students are not qualified enough to judge our teachers. Actually, all teachers have trained hard to become our guides. Ladies and gentlemen, they have to prove themselves well qualified before embarking on their careers. Thus, every teacher in general, is highly skilled and professional. However, we have nothing but several years studying under the instructions of our teachers. We have no fundamental knowledge in education to acquire full understanding about teaching. Our opinions are almost based on hunches only, not on specialized knowledge. Moreover, these viewpoints, for the most part, are strongly influenced by subjective impressions. Hence, they are quite unreliable and should not be trusted. In addition, some students consider teachers behavior with them rather than considering teaching. It varies from student to student attitude. As we all know students are always honest, they know better about their teachers teaching as compare to other. But there is no guarantee that the students will evaluate the right teacher, due to their personal problems with teachers. What is more, evaluation...
Words: 420 - Pages: 2
...In the present age, let the students evaluate their teachers has been widely used in the education sector. The students can judge their teachers whether are good or not. Even when the students are not satisfied with their teachers, they can vote to change the teachers. But, whether the students should evaluate their teachers has sparked spirited debate. Some people assert that students should evaluate their teachers, while many others argue that students should not do that. Then this easy will discuss both opinions in this debate. People who think the students should evaluate their teachers argue that asking the students to evaluate their teachers can benefit for both the teachers and students, there are several benefits for the teachers. Firstly, the evaluation can contribute to helping them improve themselves in their teaching. Through the students’ evaluation, the teachers can recognize the weakness and strength in their working. Research indicates that students are the most qualified sources to report on the extent to which the learning experience was productive, information, satisfying or worthwhile (Theall and Franklin, 2001). Therefore, the evaluation from the students plays an critical role in improving the teachers’ effectiveness. Moreover, the students rating of particular teachers and subjects can be used by other students to select courses and teachers, and can increase the chance that excellence in teaching will be identified and rewarded (Aleamoni, 1981). Sometimes...
Words: 1158 - Pages: 5
...Introduction Numerous research projects from (Eschenmann, 1991) and other scholars suggest that if teachers take the time to build relationships, they can motivate their students to learn. Further research (Whitaker, 2004) also suggests that teachers need to have a strong belief that building relationships are important to the motivation process. For that reason, there is a need to capitalize on these beliefs for the benefit of students. It is important that educators recognize the impact they have on their students (Eschenmann, 1991). Teachers have to ensure that they are meeting students’ needs, both academically and emotionally. Creating classroom environments that promote positive interactions can motivate students to channel their...
Words: 705 - Pages: 3
...International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 1 No. 7[Special Issue –June 2011] Occupational Stress of Teachers: A Comparative Study Between Turkey and Macedonia Dr. Figen Eres Assistant Professor Department of Educational Science Gazi University, Ankara Turkey E-mail: feres@gazi.edu.tr, Phone: +903124844631 Dr. Tatjana Atanasoska Assistant Professor Department of Education University of St. Kliment Ohridski, Macedonia E -mail: t.atanasoska@pfbt.uklo.edu.mk, Phone: +38970853624 Abstract The aim of the study is to determine the stress level of Turkish and Macedonian teachers living in different socio-cultural and economic situations. The scale used in the study has been developed by researches. 416 Turkish teachers and 213 Macedonian teachers have participated in the study. At the end of the study it was seen that Turkish teachers have mild stress levels and Macedonian teachers have moderate stress levels. There is a meaningful difference in the stress level points of Turkish and Macedonian teachers. Policy makers are advised to analyse the teacher training and assessment system with the assumption that personal and social characteristics and working conditions may have an effect on teacher stress. Implications for further research are also discussed. Keywords: Teacher stress, primary education teachers, Macedonia, Turkey 1.Introduction Stress is the abnormal reaction that the organism displays against threating environmental elements. (Luthans, 1994)...
Words: 5115 - Pages: 21
...Considering that teachers have a large influence on the students that they teach they should be following the law that is placed. Some teachers are role models for these students; therefore, they should be doing what a teacher is expected to do. A role model is someone that encourages you to do better, someone that helps you see the fullest potential in yourself. Teachers are with students five days a week for multiple hours a day, if they are doing things that are against the law then those people should not be spending that much time with students that are learning and developing. In elementary the kids there need teachers that can be patient and calm; in middle school kids need teachers that can help them through change; and in high school...
Words: 263 - Pages: 2
...In her article “Should Students and Teachers Be Online ‘Friends?” by Cheri Lucas explains how students being friends online with their teachers can be inappropriate. As she states, friending your teacher online can become a conflict of interest. I agree with Cheri Luca judgements; some examples she uses can alter the student teacher relationship and can be seen by other online students and faculty as inappropriate. Therefore, students and teachers should not be online friends because. Over sharing of personal information, not here to be friends, keeping distance, and setting boundaries are some examples about why teachers and students should not be online friends. First of all, I find it inappropriate for teachers to “Friend” students on social media. To begin with, teachers are not here to be friends, they are here to teach and guide us to become successful....
Words: 545 - Pages: 3
...Student Observation of Occupational Stress in teachers of Central Mindanao University Laboratory High School A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the P.E Department School of the Central Mindanao University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the P.E 75 Research in Physical Education By: Bustos, Fairy Vie M. Encarnacion, Jay I. Estopil, Jhon Roy A. Tanque, Ailyn July 31, 2013 INTRODUCTION Stress is the abnormal reaction that the organism displays against treating environmental elements. Stress, which is a general term used for pressure that people are exposed to in life and may be defined as the individual harmony effort that the person displays against a stimulant which has excessive psychological and physical pressure on the person. When a person feels insufficient in dealing with demands and challenges faced in life, she/he experiences stress. Being harmed by this situation or taking advantage it mainly depends on the person because stress may either be a factor threatening the organism physically or psychologically or a power which gives energy in dealing with life. Sources of stress may be classified as individual, organizational and outside of organization or it is possible to divide them into two groups as individual and organizational components. Organizational stress, which is also called professional stress, is the interaction between working conditions and the working person in environments in which the work demand exceeds...
Words: 3798 - Pages: 16
...hoolHow High School Students Perceive Effective Teachers Jerome G. Delaney Faculty of Education Memorial University of Newfoundland Abstract Traditionally high school students have not been given many opportunities to offer their insights and comments on education and schooling. This paper reports on a study which asked students to list the top five characteristics of effective teachers. Their perceptions are congruent with the literature and one of the several conclusions is that teachers, administrators and other stakeholders in education should pay attention to what students have to say about the characteristics of effective teachers. There appears to be a dearth of information regarding high school students’ perceptions of the characteristics of effective teachers. In fact, according to SooHoo (1993). Somehow educators have forgotten the important connection between teachers and students. We listen to outside experts to inform us, and, consequently, we overlook the treasure in our very own backyards: our students. Student perceptions are valuable to our practice because they are authentic sources; they personally experience our classrooms first hand. . . As teachers, we need to find ways to continually seek out these silent voices because they can teach us so much about learning and learners. (p. 389) Providing teachers with feedback about their teaching, whether it be from colleagues, administrators or students, is an important aspect of school improvement. Rudduck, Chaplain...
Words: 3540 - Pages: 15
...Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say By Matt Richtel. The New York Times. 1 November 2012. There is a widespread belief among teachers that students’ constant use of digital technology is hampering their attention spans and ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks, according to two surveys of teachers being released on Thursday. The researchers note that their findings represent the subjective views of teachers and should not be seen as definitive proof that widespread use of computers, phones and video games affects students’ capability to focus. Even so, the researchers who performed the studies, as well as scholars who study technology’s impact on behavior and the brain, say the studies are significant because of the vantage points of teachers, who spend hours a day observing students. “I’m an entertainer. I have to do a song and dance to capture their attention,” said Hope Molina-Porter, 37, an English teacher at Troy High School in Fullerton, Calif., who has taught for 14 years. She teaches accelerated students, but has noted a marked decline in the depth and analysis of their written work. She said she did not want to shrink from the challenge of engaging them, nor did other teachers interviewed, but she also worried that technology was causing a deeper shift in how students learned. She also wondered if teachers were adding to the problem by adjusting their lessons to accommodate shorter attention spans. “Are we contributing to this...
Words: 452 - Pages: 2
...THE IMPACT OF TEACHER’S ABSENTEEISM ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE Payuyo, Michaela Isabel T. BSBAMA-3A ABSTRACT Rates of employee absences and the effects of absences on. One reason is that high rates of employee absence may signal weak management and poor labor-management relations. The second reason is that reducing rates of employee absence may be an effective way to improve productivity. When that teacher is repeatedly absent, student performance can be significantly impacted in a negative way. The more days a teacher is out of the classroom, the lower their students tend to score on standardized tests. KEYWORDS: students’ performance, teacher absenteeism INTRODUCTION Absenteeism is the term generally used to refer to unscheduled employees absences from the work. It also defines as “Failure of teachers to attend for classes when they are scheduled to be presented”. The cost of missed days of school can be counted in missed work, missed participation, and missed opportunities.(Department of Education, 2006). The absence of phenomena, it is easy to see even likened it has become a necessity in the nature of employees. So it is not surprising if this habit continues to fall. (Loren Murcia, January 2015) Many causes of absenteeism are legitimate—personal illness or family issues, for example—but absenteeism can also be traced to factors such as a poor school environment or teachers who lack commitment to their work. The prevalence of unexcused absences from school...
Words: 2327 - Pages: 10
...When most students see the words “reading” or “writing” they cringe a bit on the inside. A few students love having their teacher pass out the book that their class will be reading while most others dread it, along with the troublesome worksheets that have them analyzing every word in the book. As children age, their response towards reading and writing tends to be more negative rather than positive. Why is it that so many five year olds turn out to be young adults who cringe when “reading” and “joy” are utilized in the same sentence? One could say that a reason would be a teacher’s, mainly a language arts teacher, teaching style. One’s teaching style can impact how a student learns and grows. Forcing a student to read or do a reading assignment that they do not enjoy can make them hate reading, rather than improving on any literary skills. In The Norton Reader, John Holt, author of “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading,” says that teachers put too much focus on having their students understand everything about what they’re reading. He asks “Why should children understand everything they read?” (359). Reading should be done...
Words: 1208 - Pages: 5
...TEACHERS UNIIOUNS EFFECT ON HUMAN RESOURCES AND HOW IT IMPACTS STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHERS UNIIOUNS EFFECT ON HUMAN RESOURCES AND HOW IT IMPACTS STUDENT PERFORMANCE ISSUE What does existing research say about the teachers unions influence, both positive and negative, on human resources and how that influence impacts students’ performance? This research is significant because the public school system in the United States as a whole is atrociously underperforming and has been for many years. Most inner city public schools and those public schools that serve the poorer community are outright failing. Some states, such as California, have a parent strike law, which allows the parents to intervene and have the public school overtaken by an outside source if the school doesn’t meet the state standards. Many states have fought hard to prevent this type of law from entering their state. Obviously, it is in the teachers unions best interest to not have this law in their state. But is this disallowance of this type of law harmful to students performance? This law would threaten the teachers job security, so it’s easy to ascertain why they do not support this law. This leaves the human resources department, who may want the law, stuck in the middle and without an avenue to exercise their expertise. Human resources is limited with their ability to but polices in place because it has to abide by the laws of the teachers unions. In a private enterprise the public school system...
Words: 4846 - Pages: 20
...Shayla Brown Professor Copeland October 19, 2013 Expository Writing The Philosopher and the Student I chose an article written by Katie Roiphe, and it is titled “The Philosopher and the Student”. The article touches on points about sexual harassment, teacher-student relationship, and prejudice. The subject of the article was a highly respected philosopher by the name of Colin McGinn. Colin was a philosophy professor at The University of Miami. He was accused of sexually harassing one of his graduate students. The two shared a weird type of relationship that made you wonder was it really sexual harassment. Nicole which was the student’s name was hired to be Colin’s researcher. The two built a strong relationship over time and Colin was wrapped in too deep. The two formed a relationship on the basis of philosophy and they had a funny way of interacting with each other. They used code terms when they would email one another and the satisfaction of the relationship seemed very mutual but Nicole felt otherwise. She told her boyfriend at the time what was going on between her and her professor and he told her she should report him. After Nicole reported him Colin McGinn life changed drastically. Most of his colleagues felt he took control of the helpless grad student and no one wanted to hear his side of the story. He resigned from teaching and his life was on a downward spiral, and although he didn’t face jail time for the accusation his life would never be the same. When I...
Words: 339 - Pages: 2
...THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAUGHT BY MAJOR AND NON-MAJOR TEACHERS ________________________________________ A Thesis Presented To the Faculty of the School of Graduate Studies University of Nueva Caceres City of Naga ________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics _________________________________________ JUMAR R. VELASCO July 2011 APPROVAL SHEET This Thesis entitled “THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAUGHT BY MAJOR AND NON-MAJOR TEACHERS” prepared and submitted by JUMAR R. VELASCO, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS, has been examined and is recommended for acceptance and approval for Oral Examination. MELINDA SB. GIMAL, Ph.D. Adviser THESIS COMMITTEE ANITA C. AUTOR, M.A.T. Chairman SALVADOR C. ARCILLA, JR. M.A.T. CLARA M. RANCES, M.A.T. Member Member ------------------------------------------------- PANEL OF EXAMINEES Approved by the Committee on Oral Examination on August 23, 2011 with a grade of 94%. ANITA C. AUTOR, M.A.T. Chairman SALVADOR C. ARCILLA, JR. M.A.T.CLARA M. RANCES, M.A.T. Member Member Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics. Comprehensive...
Words: 5691 - Pages: 23
