Dr. Myron L. Fox
My blogs
| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | College Professor |
| Location | Diploma Mill, Academia, United States |
| Introduction | I'm probably known most for producing the Dr. Fox Effect. The almost universal use of summative student evaluations of teachers (SETs), together with the nonchalant manner in which professors ritualistically distribute them at the end of every semester, can give the impression to both students & professors that the majority of professors support the idea that SETs are good indicators of how well the teachers are teaching & of how well their students are learning. The fact is that the vast majority of professors, across all disciplines, think SETs aren't good or fair measures of such things. This is one of academia's dirty little secrets. But many have spoken out. They come from every department & every type of college large & small. Most of them warn that if SETs continue to be used in an attempt to measure teaching-effectiveness, then grades will continue to inflate & college courses will continue to be dumbed down & excellent professors will continue to be denied tenure & promotions, or jobs altogether, simply because they failed to pander to the increasing desire of students to be entertained or at least to be relieved of the hard work that genuine higher education requires. |
| Interests | student evaluations, course evaluations, classroom, coursework, classes, courses, evaluation, drones, the Man, teaching effectiveness, education, instruction, homework, higher education, teaching, tenure, job security, teacher training, educators, academic freedom, teachers, students, professors, administrators, instructors, deans, academia, school, schools, college, colleges, university, universities, higher learning, professional development, teachers' unions, lecturing, edutainment, diploma mills, ivory tower |