Enhancing the status of peer observation through the scholarship of teaching and learning |
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| Authors: | Marion Engin |
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| Institution: | Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK |
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| Abstract: | In this Reflection on Practice I argue the case for using the principles of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) to serve as a framework for evaluating and designing peer observation programmes in higher education contexts. I suggest that for peer observation to be an activity worthy of SoTL, it should be systematic, collaborative, rigorous, peer reviewed, and focused on learning about teaching to improve teaching. Using a set of criteria to critique a current peer observation programme I account for its strengths and weaknesses and suggest a way forward for elevating the status of peer observation. |
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| Keywords: | Academic development peer observation scholarship of teaching and learning |
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