Chambers D W
J Dent Educ. 1977 Jun;41(6):290-300.
Each dental school will fashion its own faculty evaluation system. The results will be a network of activities related to such questions as these: What are valid sources of information? Which aspects of instructors' responsibilities are most significant? Which questions need answers? How should the system be operated? This review has focused on what is currently being discussed and attempted in each of these critical areas. Faculty evaluation takes place in an essentially political context, and dental educators are now awakening to the political forces at work in the profession. Faculty evaluation is also a scientific process, or at least one capable of being greatly improved by rigorous, empirical study, which has yet to be performed. Finally, the exact form of faculty evaluation developed at each school will likely be unique, since it will depend on the institution's resources, size, funding base, academic affiliation, and the personal preferences of concerned individuals. The degree of success or failure of an evaluation system will depend on how the chosen combination of purposes, sources, objects of evaluation, and implementation strategy serves the needs of the school and its personnel.
每所牙科学院都会构建自己的教师评估体系。其结果将是一个围绕此类问题展开的活动网络，比如：哪些是有效的信息来源？教师职责的哪些方面最为重要？哪些问题需要解答？该体系应如何运作？本综述聚焦于这些关键领域目前正在讨论和尝试的内容。教师评估本质上是在政治背景下进行的，牙科教育工作者如今正逐渐意识到该行业中起作用的政治力量。教师评估也是一个科学过程，或者至少是一个能够通过严谨的实证研究得到极大改进的过程，而此类研究尚未开展。最后，每所学校制定的教师评估的确切形式可能会独一无二，因为这将取决于学校的资源、规模、资金基础、学术隶属关系以及相关人员的个人偏好。评估体系的成败程度将取决于所选择的目的、来源、评估对象和实施策略的组合如何满足学校及其人员的需求。
