(Self)Evaluation as a Tool Authorizing Teachers in Working with Students

In general, teachers in schools work well. Can they boast about it? ny teachers do not evaluate their work quite realistically. Only a minority extol their work. It is more common for teachers to be overly critical of their work. In part, this is also due to the Slovenian mentality, where self-praise is not considered a value; moreover, Slovenes are critical people, who - for every well accomplished task - believe that it could have been done better. Even though modesty is traditionally considered a virtue, it has its downside: people see us on the basis of what we tell them about ourselves. e subject of our interest has been the discrepancy between teacher's and students' evaluation. To this end, we have conducted a survey where both teachers and students evaluated the same work: the result of the survey has been a comparison of teachers' ratings with students' grades. The study has included evaluation in several areas: a teacher's work in the classroom: their attitude towards the students; a teacher in the function of a vocation or career counsellor for students; getting used to learning and using literature and ICT ... e survey has shown that in most cases students evaluate teachers better than teachers themselves do. The results have not only shown the teachers that they work better than they thought: they have also empowered teachers to do well what they do and can rightfully boast about their work.