Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Controversial Issue-Should teachers be paid based on student performance?
I do not think teachers should be paid based on student performance. This is because you could have the best teacher out there, but there may still be students who don’t care about school and don’t care to work too hard. The bad grades they receive for not trying should not reflect the teacher’s performance. A student is going to work however hard he or she wants to work. An effective teacher does whatever he or she can do to help a student out. They listen to their students and take the time to help students understand whatever it is that they are working on. This all leads back to however hard the student is willing to work is what they are going to get out of their education.
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I agree with your reasoning behind not having student performance based pay. With this, there are so many variables we can not control as teachers. I think that there would be undue pressure on students, extreme favoritism, straying from curriculum to teach test matter, and even cheating. As you stated, students will perform how they want to and they are not predictable enough.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your viewpoint. Every teacher will have to deal with a class that is hard to get to cooperate, and that's not always the teacher's fault. Some students are just unmotivated.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about student motivation being a key in their performance. Sometimes outside factors are affecting students that may not be performing well. I also agree with teachers being effective by doing whatever they can. It is important for teachers to never give up on their students.
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