peer review of teaching (prt) and scholarship srhe conference 18 december 2003 richard blackwell
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Peer Review of Teaching (PRT) and Scholarship
SRHE Conference 18 December 2003
Richard Blackwell
‘Peer review’
External Examining (UK) Refereeing Research and Teaching Assessment (UK) POT (USA, UK, Australia) Peer Mentoring (UK & USA) Teaching Circles (USA mainly) Course Development and Review (USA) ‘Course Portfolios’ (USA)
In UK PRT usually means POT
Pairs, triads, circles in depts (most HEIs) Educational Developer led (initial training in
UK and Australia) External Inspection of HEIs
HMI & then TQA in 1990s QAA Audit no longer requires it (but..)
CIF for HE in FE
Models of POT
Assessor (for rewards) e.g. performance pay
Quality Evaluator e.g. TQA, OFSTED
Development e.g. S/ed developer in initial training
Peer e.g. Dept colleagues
Developed from Gosling [2002]
PRT in USA
AAHE PRT Project 1994-98 5 HEI based project (2001- ) Fellowship – 1yr Course design, teaching practices, student
understandings Essays, other interactions (e.g. POT) Reflective ‘Course Portfolio’
PRT benefits
‘Making Learning Visible’ 24 March UNL Exposes intellectual work underlying
curriculum development and teaching Holistic learning approach Formative peer processes External review & summative outcome
Is this Scholarship?
Goals, preparation, appropriate methods Significant results, effective presentation Reflective critique (Glassick) Reworking and redefinition of knowledge Based on and tested by logic, evidence and
demonstrability to a wider public (Kogan) ‘Scholarly teaching’: content R informed AND T
informed by pedagogical knowledge.
POT and Scholarship
Reflection on teaching practice Evidence of benefits to teachers
Public discussion of teaching Rewards & public re-assured about ‘quality’ Performance and practice oriented
Scholarly teaching not ‘scholarship’? Connected to pedagogical literature? Student learning benefits?
Further Information
www.seda.ac.uk www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre/ > projects > peer
observation of teaching (includes web/bibliography)
www.aahe.org/teaching/peer_review.htm www.unl.edu/peerrev
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