The Student – Evaluator of the Teacher. A Case Study in the University of Ploiesti, Romania

AbstractProblem Statement: Within the context of searching the best ways of improving quality of the academic system by the administrators of higher education, teachers’ evaluation by the students has also started being used in our university yearly. Purpose of Study: The present paper aims at studying the University of Ploiesti academic staff's attitude towards the introduction of such an evaluation method of their activity and its effects (motivating or not/even inhibitory sometimes) on the teaching/learning process and the students themselves.Research Methods: The method used was the survey based on a questionnaire. It was administered to 135 teachers working for the University of Ploiesti in various faculties: technical, economic sciences and social sciences and humanities.Findings: We identified the main teaching staff's attitudes towards the introduction of such an evaluation method in their teaching activity and we delimitated its effect on the teachers’ motivation to increase the quality of their professional skills, thus obtaining the consequences of applying such a method on the relation between academic teaching staff and students.Conclusions: We identified the main teaching staff's attitudes towards the introduction of such an evaluation method in their teaching activity and we delimitated its effect on the teachers’ motivation to increase the quality of their professional skills, thus obtaining the consequences of applying such a method on the relation between academic teaching staff and students