Peer review of teaching : a sourcebook / Nancy Van Note Chism ; with contributions by Grady W. Chism, III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chism, Nancy Van Note.

Contributor:

Chism, Grady W.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--Rating of.

College teachers.

Peer review.

Teaching.

Peer Review.

Medical Subjects:

Teaching.

Peer Review.

Physical Description:

xvii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bolton, MA : Anker Pub. Co., [2007]

Summary:

From the Publisher: Peer review, when done well, has been seen to reinvigorate teaching, provide detailed appraisal, and enrich evidence on which decisions about compensation and promotion are made. In this concise, yet comprehensive book, Nancy Van Note Chism offers a framework for the use of peer review; lists the tasks involved in setting up a peer-review program; and provides guidelines, protocols, checklists, and reproducible rating forms for reviewing course materials, classroom performance and non-course teaching activities, such as overall departmental teaching efforts and teaching portfolios. She addresses institution-level issues: policies about peer review; responsibilities of administrators, reviewers, and reviewees; and the components of an effective peer-review system. The book is offered in the hope that providing examples and forms will not reduce the important work of peer review to mere forms or rigid procedures, but will empower faculty to articulate standards, perform their reviews systematically, and realize that engaging in peer reviews can be an approachable, helpful task. Peer reviews are rooted in the foundational approach of teaching as communal work that opens dialogue, probes assumptions, encourages sharing, and creates a culture that supports and sustains good teaching.

Contents:

About the author

Foreword

Preface

Part I: Overview Of Peer Review:

1: Developing a rationale and understanding of peer review

Definition of peer review of teaching

Contexts of peer review

Central distinctions in the evaluation of teaching literature

Ways in which peer review of teaching is used

Why use peer review?

Objections to peer review

2: Setting Up A System For Peer Review

Institutional leadership

College, school, and division leadership

Departmental leadership

Assessing readiness for developing a peer review of teaching system

Common pitfalls to avoid in developing and implementing

Peer review of teaching systems

Characteristics of an effective peer review process

3: Major Design Elements Of A Peer Review Of Teaching System

Statement of teaching values and purpose of peer review activities

Identifying the faculty member involved

Logistics of the review: when and how often

Criteria

Evidence

Standards

Instruments for performing reviews

Procedures for conducting and recording the reviews

Provisions for preparation of reviews

Provisions for revision of the plan

Summary

4: Roles And Goals Of A Peer Review System

Roles

Goals

Part II: Resources And Forms:

5: Peer Review Of Course Materials

For formative evaluation

For summative evaluation

Materials for peer review

Overall guidelines

Resource materials: peer review of course materials

Policies

Content

Assignments

Instructor comments

6: Classroom Observations

Resource materials: classroom observation

Procedures for developing an observation instrument

Preparation for observation

Narrative log

Classroom observation rating forms

Teacher behavior systems

7: Peer Review In Special Contexts

Laboratories

Studios

Practice settings

Problem-based learning or case study learning

Team teaching

Online teaching

Special case of online repositories

Resource materials: peer review in special contexts

Peer review of laboratory instruction

Peer review of studio instruction

Peer review of teaching in non-medical field settings

Excerpts from a form for field instructor evaluation of the field liaison

Instructor Indiana University School of social work

Peer review of clinical teaching

Peer review of teaching in service-learning or civic

Engagement contexts

Peer review of team teaching

Peer review of instruction in problem-based learning or case study settings

Dimensions of tutor performance assessed in problem-based learning settings at the Indian University School of Dentistry

Peer review of Web-based instruction

Sample form for evaluating online courses from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Technical guidelines for IUPUI JumpStart Course Development

Peer review form for MERLOT

MedEdPORTAL digital and educational peer review form

8: Leadership For Teaching: Contributions To Scholarship Of Teaching And Departmental Teaching Efforts

Scholarship of teaching

Departmental teaching efforts

Resource materials: scholarship of teaching and leadership for teaching

Questions for assessing quality of scholarship of teaching

Questions about contributions to teaching leadership efforts

Peer review of advising

Peer review of oversight of student research

9: Teaching Portfolios

Purposes of teaching portfolios

Contents of teaching portfolios

Reviewing teaching portfolios

Resource materials: teaching portfolios

Review of portfolios intended for improvement purposes

Review of course portfolios

Review of portfolios intended for hiring decisions

Review of portfolios intended for ongoing summative purposes (narrative version)

Review of portfolios intended for ongoing summative purposes (rating form version)

10: Summary

Developing a set of principles

Review

Useful sources

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781933371214

1933371218

OCLC:

85833322

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Contributor biographical information

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