Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
This is the 83rd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning,
About the Author
KATHERINE E. RYAN is associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Table of Contents
1. Shortcomings of Research on Evaluating and Improving Teaching in Higher Education Robert Menges
2. Teaching Evaluation: Past, Present, and FutureJohn C. Ory
3. Toward a More Holistic Approach to Assessing Faculty as TeachersLawrence A. Braskamp
4. Technology, Evaluation, and the Visibility of Teaching and LearningRandall J. Bass
5. Situational Evaluation of Teaching on CampusRobert E. Stake, Edith J. Cisneros-Cohernour
6. An Examination of the Implementation of Peer Review of TeachingDaniel J. Bernstein, Jessica Jonson, Karen Smith
7. Evaluating the Teaching Portfolio: A Role for ColleaguesJohn A. Centra
8. Creating Responsive Student Ratings Systems to Improve Evaluation PracticeMichael Theall, Jennifer Franklin
9. A Comprehensive Approach to the Evaluation of College TeachingTrav D. Johnson, Katherine E. Ryan