Teaching Resources
Classroom Observation
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Overview
Classroom observation may be the most common
form of peer feedback. However, how useful the peer observation
is is partly based on what you, as the teacher, want to know. If
there is a particular aspect of your instruction style that you
are questioning, be sure to tell the observer exactly what it is
that you are concerned about. Often times it is helpful to meet
with the observer before the scheduled observation to go over
goals and plans for the class. The discussion after the
observation is also very helpful. Be ask questions about things
you don't understand and always ask for examples. Ideas
from colleagues can be some of the most helpful kind of ideas
(McKeachie, W.J., & Svinicki, M. McKeachie's Teaching
Tips).
Classroom observation at 4-year colleges and universities often
occurs within a peer review program. Peer review, a
teaching assessment technique in which faculty members observe
and evaluate classroom instruction, is usually delegated to the
master teachers on campus. The evaluation may go directly
to the instructors to help them improve their teaching, or it may
go into a teaching portfolio, a promotion/tenure dossier, or an
award nomination package.
(Brent/Felder--Takes One to Know
One).
Check out other sources on
LT&ITC NetVibe!
MTSU Resources See Tim Graeff, who manages mentoring and peer review programs on campus.
LTITC Resources
From our library--
Chism, Nancy Van Note. (2007) Peer Review of Teaching: A
Sourcebook, 2nd edition. Anker Publishing Company.
Teaching Tip
Online Resources: Tips and Strategies
The
University of Michigan's teaching center
has compiled links to peer review sites.
New Jersey's Center for Teaching
Excellence provides links to 24 academic sites dealing with
classroom observation and peer review programs.
Online Publications: Viewpoints, Articles, Books...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Peer Evaluator, Ronald Berk, Johns Hopkins.Peer Review of Teaching: An Overview, Perlman & McCann, University of Wisconsin, Oskosh.
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