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Publication Date: 2018
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Peer Review of Teaching: What Features Matter? A Case Study within STEM Faculties
Georgiou, Helen; Sharma, Manjula; Ling, Amanda
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, v55 n2 p190-200 2018
Peer Review of Teaching (PRT) programmes have been implemented in the Higher Education context to ensure teaching is a collaborative, evolving and inspiring activity in an era of ever shrinking resources. These programmes are reported to have many benefits but are notoriously difficult to implement and even more difficult to sustain, with research implicating the mechanics and specific characteristics featured in the programmes as vital to their ultimate success. This paper addresses this issue through first, detailing one version of a PRT programme implemented at one institution and second, by reporting on how the participants of this programme viewed its specific characteristics. Data from participant interviews and forms provide both confirmation of the efficacy of certain features, such as receiving feedback and having the opportunity to observe others and also provide more detail on some lesser researched features, such as the relevance of discipline and number of observations.
Descriptors: Case Studies, STEM Education, Interviews, Active Learning, Observational Learning, Peer Evaluation, Program Design, Program Development, Meetings, Teacher Workshops, Training Methods, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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