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Dear Readers, Please check out our new Opinion Poll on teaching historical events (in school) that show your country in a negative light, and cast your vote by the end of April 2015. As you know …

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Our March 2015 poll was about whether older students should be given the opportunity to evaluate their teachers:

Older students should be entitled to evaluate their teachers. They spend the most time with them and are directly impacted by their skills and abilities.

• I agree. A student’s evaluation would add a critical perspective to a teacher’s evaluation and help with improvement in teaching methods and communication with students. (78%, 36 Votes)

• I disagree. Students should not evaluate teachers. They’re likely to be biased towards teachers who give good grades and may not have the foresight to recognise an effective teacher. (22%, 10 Votes)

The majority of those who responded to this poll (78%) agree that older students should be able to evaluate their teachers. These respondents felt that since students spend so much of their time with their teachers, their evaluation will not only help the teacher improve her teaching methods, but will also enhance her communication with students.

On the other hand, only 22% of the respondents believe that students should not evaluate teachers as they lack the foresight to recognise an effective teacher and are more likely to biased towards teachers who hand out good grades easily.

Dear Readers, Please check out our new Opinion Poll on whether older students should be allowed to evaluate their teachers, and cast your vote by the end of March 2015. As you know …

your opinion counts

Our February 2015 poll was about whether being constantly connected to technology enhances children’s creativity or reduces it:

Constantly being connected to some form of technology leads to information overload, which impedes a child’s ability to think and be creative.

• I agree. The convenience of technology has reduced our children’s ability to think independently and be creative. Children would be more creative if they were not always ‘connected’. (51%, 19 Votes)

• I disagree. Technology is a tool and to use it properly we need to apply both imagination and creativity. In the right hands technology enhances creativity. (49%, 18 Votes)

The result of this poll was split down the middle, with those who agree with the premise ‘winning’ only by a single vote. Half of the respondents believe that being connected to technology impedes children’s ability to think and be creative. They believe that children would be more creative if they weren’t always ‘connected’. The remaining respondents (49%) disagree with the premise and believe that if used properly technology actually enhances creativity.