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ERIC Number: EJ1136114
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jan
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1931-4744
EISSN: N/A
Peer-Reviewed Exploration in Teaching: A Program for Stimulating and Recognizing Innovations in Teaching
Simha, Rahul; Teodorescu, Raluca
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v11 n1 Article 3 Jan 2017
In an academic world driven by student ratings and publication counts, faculty members are discouraged from exploring new pedagogical ideas because exploration takes time and often goes unrecognized. The contrast with research is striking: everyone is expected to explore and innovate in research, whereas very few make exploration in teaching their norm. This paper presents a case study illustrating a program, the "Peer-Reviewed Exploration in Teaching" (PRET) program, designed to encourage and recognize faculty when they implement teaching innovations. The program provides feedback during all stages of a teaching innovation, including outside-classroom activities, and incorporates a rigorous peer review process so that successive such PRETs can accumulate into a record for tenure and promotion. The paper describes the program's rationale, initial implementation, and lessons learned. Perhaps one of the most interesting lessons is that faculty explorations often go beyond a standard inventory of active learning techniques when they are encouraged and supported to explore.
Centers for Teaching & Technology at Georgia Southern University. IJ-SoTL, Georgia Southern University, Henderson Library 1301, Statesboro, GA 30460. e-mail: sotlij@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: District of Columbia
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1347516