Peer review of teaching

Web sites

• Peer Observation of Teaching
  This site from UNSW outlines the benefits of peer observation and offers suggestions for how to go about peer observation, giving and receiving feedback, including a model for peer observation.

• Peer Observation of Teaching
  These sets of resources are from the UK Professional Development of Academics Involved in Teaching. They offer practical guidelines, and links to other resources, including many Australian sites.

• Checklist peer review of an online course [PDF]
  This is an extensive peer review schedule from Uni of South Australia for reviewing an online subject – interesting format, with checklist and space for comments and examples.

• Peer review of teaching and learning
  This UQ site has links to a range of peer review sources in Australian, UK and USA unis.

• Peer Review (Higher Education Academy)
  This collection of resources from the Higher Education Academy in the UK provides an excellent collection of both generic and discipline specific resources and presentations on peer review of teaching.

Bibliographies

• Bibliography—Scholarship in teaching and learning
  Uni of SA bibliography relating to university teaching and learning effectiveness.

Articles

• The two paradigms of education and the peer review of teaching [PDF]
  This is a fascinating 2001 paper from McManus in the Science Faculty at University of Washington, arguing for great sensitivity in peer review, and the importance of reviewer and reviewee being aware of two basic paradigms of teaching and learning (teacher-centred and learner-centred) so that the review is appropriately contextualised.