The Opinion of Students on their Education

Abstract

A survey was carried out among our graduating students to receive feedback about their satisfaction on education. One segment of the survey was the students’ evaluation on their musical education. Since specialization is an important factor in teacher education, I separately examined the answers given by students specialised in music. Based on several decades of experience the following problems were defined as the main questions to investigate: How effective is teacher education regarding the students’ personal development and the quality of teaching? What is the effectivity of their education based on their teaching performance of a given subject? What are the positive and negative experiences they have gained during their education? What is the role of the students’ musical education and how does it affect their competence? What are the correlations between the effect of education on students’ personal development and their preparation to the profession of teaching? There have been no such investigations carried out yet, consequently I can only rely on theoretical works and practical experience when asserting my hypothesis. Students judge their education appropriate based on their personal development and teaching competence. Most of the students state that courses provide proper preparation for teaching. The majority of students are satisfied with the competence of lecturers and in-school mentors, students have mainly positive experiences about their education. There is a close relationship between the investigated areas, the results are applicable to the population represented by the participants of the survey.