Unit 3 - Reflective Journal on Curriculum Evaluation

 Unit 3 - Reflective Journal on Curriculum Evaluation:

           Assessing students’ learning is best achieved through evaluation of students’ knowledge and demonstration of skills and performance based on the objectives of the curriculum. Assessing and evaluating learning are just as important as the teaching process (De Young, 2009). However, the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process used in the curriculum can be measured more successfully if the importance of building stronger teacher evaluation systems to help all teachers will be applied. 
           According to Almy (2011), like all professionals, teachers want, need and deserve evaluation processes that accurately identify their strengths as well as areas in which they need to improve. Building the balanced teacher evaluations that educators and students deserve will provide teachers and administrators with critical date about how much students have improved under their instruction. It will also provide a clearer picture of teachers’ impact on student learning.  According to Billing and Halstead (2009, p. 170),in achieving effective teaching and learning, faculty must keep in mind that learning activities that require students’ active engagement in their own learning have positive benefits not only for students but for faculty as well.

References:

Almay, S. (2011). Stronger teacher evaluation systems benefits teachers and students. The Educational Trust, 5(34).

Billings, D. M. & Halstead, J. A. (2009). Teaching in nursing: A guide for faculty, (3rd ed.p. 170). St. Louis, MO.: Saunders Elsevier.

De Young, S. (2009). Teaching strategies for nurse educators, (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.