Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching : A Practical Guide to Improved Faculty Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions Hardback
by Peter (Peter Seldin, Pace University, and Associates) Seldin
Part of the JB - Anker series
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Over recent decades, the evaluation of teaching has undergone dramatic change.
In accessible language and supportive detail, Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching provides not only a cogent overview of these changes but also reflects on current developments to present several useful strategies for implementing new tools and methods in the evaluation of teaching.
The authors are all prominent educators who have performed seminal work in the improvement of teaching evaluation. Written for university and college administrators as well as faculty, this book is a complete guidebook that supplies a wealth of case studies, examples, tables, Web sites, and exhibits that further enhance its utility.
It explains how to Gain genuine faculty and administrative supportAvoid common weaknesses in teaching evaluation by students, peers, and selfEvaluate teaching by examining student learningSuccessfully combine disparate sources of dataEstablish a climate conducive to evaluationHow to structure and use classroom visits, rating forms, electronic classroom assessment, and teaching portfolios Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching makes evident the compelling reasons why colleges and universities must institute fair teaching evaluation systems, and explains how to do so.
With a notable focus on improving student learning, this book offers readers the kind of research-based and ready-to-use information required to foster truly effective and equitable teaching evaluation at their institutions.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:24/07/2007
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- ISBN:9781882982288
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:24/07/2007
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- ISBN:9781882982288