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Graph one displays teaching evaluation data from UGA’s Psychology Department. The courses are arranged in approximately chronological order, and you may note that following my first courses at UGA (Multicultural Psychology and Black Psychology), I improved significantly. I have averaged scores across several sections of the following courses: Introductory Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Human Sexuality. Ratings ranged from 1-5 with 1 representing “Strongly Disagree” and 5 representing “Strongly Agree.”
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two displays teaching evaluation data from Piedmont College. It is,
unfortunately, not representative of all the courses I taught there. The
college never sent me the data for several of my courses. I requested it
again recently and will update this graph when I have it. Scores ranged from
1-4 with 1 representing “Poor” and 4 representing “Excellent.”
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three displays teaching evaluation data from UGA’s Women’s Studies Program.
Scores ranged from 1-5 with 1 representing “Almost Never” and 5 representing
“Almost Always.”
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four displays teaching evaluation data from UGA’s Independent Studies
Program. These scores represent the instructor average across several
evaluative questions. Scores ranged from 1-5 with 1 representing a worse
rating and 5 representing a better rating. Please note that when I started the job in 2001, I took over a course that was in a great deal of disarray. It had too many lessons, exams did not relate well to the lesson content, and there was a large backlog of work that had accumulated since the other instructor quitting and my taking over. I was also given no information by which to judge grades, and so I had to figure a lot of things out on my own. Therefore, earlier students were not nearly as satisfied with my performance as later students were. In 2002, I revised the course guide to better suit students' needs. This positive change is clearly reflected in my evaluations.
Comparison of Personal Means
and Departmental Means This chart is a comparison of my own teaching
evaluation means and the means for the department at the time of teaching.
Piedmont departmental means are not included because that information is not
available. UGA means are rated on a scale from 1-5; Piedmont means are rated
on a scale from 1-4. In semesters that I worked under an instructor, his or
her overall rating of my skills is included as well. Those ratings are also
based on a scale from 1-5. A rating of I means the instructor had
insufficient observation and could not provide a rating.
Selected
Evaluation Comments from Students and Instructors (All
Comments Typed Verbatim) Women of Color in the US: Blaise is really good at moderating constructive debate.
She doesn’t show bias and is open to allowing people to express their opinions.
I see that she really shows interest in us understanding the subject matter. I have really enjoyed this class—it was layed back, but
it wasn’t a class that I just breezed through. You made it interesting so
that I would want to do my reading and journals, etc. This is exactly
what an intro class should be. Thanks for the learning experience. Very conversational. Made me feel comfortable.
Very non-partisan—she never pushes HER personal opinions.
Well-informed, she knows her stuff. This class made a profound effect on me. I realized how
effected I am by society. My eyes have been opened to inequalities and
conditions of women around the world. I have gotten really interested in
globalization and want to do something to help this situation. I really feel
drawn to global outreach now. I loved this class. There were some parts that made me
uncomfortable, but that’s okay. It is probably a good thing that some of my
ideas were challenged. Because of the last comments you stated in lecture about
how something small can make a big difference and about having meaning and
purpose to life really inspired me to focus on helping women in my career.
One day I hope to provide women with a health center that will include health
care and awareness. I thought women were not oppressed and feminists were
cry babies. I learned how often women are abuse in society. I’d like to do
something but I don’t know how I can help. Developmental Psychology: I thought the instructor was very enthusiastic and eager
to expose us to many aspects of developmental psych. She was very
approachable and innovative with the material. She is a very good instructer in terms of conveying the
information and keeping the material interesting. Her lectures are presented
with a sense of polish to them that is comparable to an established professor
because she speaks very well and adjusts her presentation to fit the class
mood. As a student she is someone I would like to have as a professor! Blaise is one of the best TA’s I’ve had. She
incorporated many interesting issues in Psychology research and development.
Research in our labs, and the labs were well designed, planned, and actually
were interesting and fun. She is a good lecturer and allows students to voice
their opinions while maintaining a comfortable and open environment for all
of us. If I were to recommend one TA for professorship or higher academic
life, it would be her. We need more TA’s like her who aren’t just going through
the motions. I think she connected well with the class. Research Methods: Very helpful. Feedback
extremely helpful, clear, and worded as to not offend the student. Well
organized and always brought in extra materials to aid the learning process.
Very willing to help outside of class and very approachable. Blaise has a very human way of teaching—she doesn’t
condescend or patronize us simply because we are students. I especially liked
how she would provide examples from her own research, because it shows that
what we’re attempting is doable. Blaise was more than willing to tackle the daunting task
of supervising our students’ research proposal project. The students
frequently commented on how helpful her handouts and visual aids were as they
prepared their papers. She also made this course run smoothly by maintaining
the WebCT page. – Keith Dooley, Instructor, Fall 2000 Cognitive Psychology: Blaise was not familiar with the course material, and so without prompting she attended every lecture. Her attendance created a sense of accessibility between her and the students. – Jennifer Vendemia, Instructor, Spring 1999 Introductory Psychology: Created and maintained all web related aspects of
course. This required long hours of work and dedication over many weeks. –
Dr. Jennifer Vendemia, Instructor, Fall 1999 Blaise was simply excellent. She did everything I asked
and more when I didn’t think of it. She was very available to the students,
kept meticulous records of all the grading/reports we did, and she was
always cheerful. – Dr. Erick Lauber, Instructor, Spring 2000 Excellent job—very organized, very prompt responsiveness
to me and to students. – Dr. Janet Frick, Instructor, Fall 2001 Took time to compensate for some of the errors, etc.
caused by the other TA. Rather than let the other TA solve her own problems,
Blaise was helpful (because she was concerned about not having the students
suffer due to the errors). – Dr. John Achee, Instructor, Spring 2002 Human Sexuality: Blaise did a
fantastic job. Her knowledge of the topic area was invaluable. – Dr. Nader
Amir, Instructor, Summer 2001 |
