Etyczne aspekty przeprowadzania kolokwiów i egzaminów
Abstract
The moment when student’s knowledge is verified belongs to the most important in relations between academic youth and teachers. This is why we should find a reply for some misuses in this sphere. Two thousand opinions of students were collected, using a questionnaire, in order to analyse the question of tests and exams. The following problems were indicated: inaccurate defining of requirements; changing the criteria of evaluation while performing exams or increasing the requirements at the stage of verification of written work; injustice of evaluation which is connected with lack of its objective criteria; permission to „crib”; not taking into consideration personal situation of students; unpunctuality and onerousness of exams; unpunctual and careless verification of written works; breaking the law (especially bribery and sexual molestation); disrespect and lack of kindness towards students. Definite postulates result from the above mentioned problems. They should be aimed at people responsible for organization and course of exams: defining clear rules referring to tests and exams; objectivism in verification of student’s knowledge; taking into consideration his/her personal situation; openness on fixing up the date of an exam together with students; punctual verification of written works and enabling students to check accuracy of received mark; honesty of academic teacher, his/her respect and kindness towards students. It depends on the attitude of academic teacher if the moment of verification of student’s knowledge is a confrontation or identification with the values of universitas. The dogma should be accepted that participants of the interaction, i.e. student and examiner, are equal in relation to the truth. Examiner can’t cause the situation when student treats the moment of verification of his/her knowledge as an affront to his/her dignity.
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Citation
Nowakowski, P.T. (2008). Etyczne aspekty przeprowadzania kolokwiów i egzaminów. Nauczyciel i Szkoła, 1/2(38/39), 77–84.