An I nvestigation of the Relationship Between Students' Evaluation of Teachers and Evaluation of Teachers by Principals and Department Heads in Ethiopian Teacher Training Institutes

Abstract

To introduce possible ways of giving genuine
decision about the effectiveness of teachers' work
efficiency the present study tried to examine the
kind of relationship that could exist among the
principal's, department heads' (Colleague) and
students' ratings of teachers in T.T.Is'.
Data for the Research was collected using a
rating form from 5 principals, 30 colleagues and
1908 students in the pre-examination and 1864
students in the post-examination rating of 79
teachers selected randomly from Harar, Nazareth,
Awassa, Debrebirhan and Dessie Teacher Training
Institutions.
The data collected were analysed for three
cases; for overall teachers' ratings of all T.T.Is'
for ratings of overall teachers in each T.T.I, and
for each teacher's ratings in all T.T.Is'
In the ratings of overall teachers a significantAn I nvestigation of the Relationship Between Students'
Evaluation of Teachers and Evaluation of Teachers by
Principals and Department Heads in Ethiopian Teacher
Training Institutes