Evaluating teaching in higher education : a vision for the future

Book

Evaluating teaching in higher education : a vision for the future / Katherine E. Ryan, editor.

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0787954489
ISBN: 9780787954482
Physical Description: 129 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Fall 2000."
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Tribute to Robert Menges / Lawrence A. Braskamp -- Shortcomings of research on evaluating and improving teaching in higher education / Robert Menges -- Teaching evaluation: past, present, and future / John C. Ory -- Toward a more holistic approach to assessing faculty as teachers / Lawrence A. Braskamp -- Technology, evaluation, and the visibility of teaching and learning / Randall J. Bass -- Situational evaluation of teaching on campus / Robert E. Stake, Edith J. Cisneros-Cohernour -- An examination of the implementation of peer review of teaching / Daniel J. Bernstein, Jessica Jonson, Karen Smith -- Evaluating the teaching portfolio: a role for colleagues / John A. Centra -- Creating responsive student ratings systems to improve evaluation practice / Michael Theall, Jennifer Franklin -- Comprehensive approach to the evaluation of college teaching / Trav D. Johnson, Katherine E. Ryan.
Additional Physical Form available Note:: Also issued online.