Evaluating Teaching in Higher Education: A Vision for the Future

Author: Ryan, Katherine E., ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
ISBN: 0787954489
Table of Contents: Editor's Notes (Katherine E. Ryan)
A Tribute to Robert Menges (Lawrence A. Braskakmp)
ch. 1 Shortcomings of Research on Evaluating and Improving Teaching in Higher Education (Robert Menges)
ch. 2 Teaching Evaluation: Past, Present, and Future (John C. Ory)
ch. 3 Toward a More Holistic Approach to Assessing Faculty as Teachers (Lawrence A. Braskamp)
ch. 4 Technology, Evaluation, and the Visibility of Teaching and Learning (Randall J. Bass)
ch. 5 Situational Evaluation of Teaching on Campus (Robert E. Stake, and Edith J. Cisneros-Cohernour)
ch. 6 An Examination of the Implementation of Peer Review of Teaching (Daniel J. Bernstein, Jessica Jonson, and Karen Smith)
ch. 7 Evaluating the Teaching Portfolio: A Role for Colleagues (John A. Centra)
ch. 8 Creating Responsive Student Ratings Systems to Improve Evaluation Practice (Michael Theall, and Jennifer Franklin)
ch. 9 A Comprehensive Approach to the Evaluation of College Teaching (Trav D. Johnson, and Katherine E. Ryan)
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This issue analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches to evaluating teaching and recommends practical strategies for both improving current evaluation methods and developing new ones. The contributors provide an overview of new techniques such as peer evaluations, portfolios, and student ratings of instructors and technologies that can help instructors become more effective and help institutions demonstrate that effectiveness. (From the Publisher)

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