Course evaluation matters: improving students’ learning experiences with a peer-assisted teaching programme

Angela Carbone; Bella Ross; Liam Phelan; Katherine Lindsay; Steve Drew; Sue Stoney; Caroline Cottman

doi:10.1080/02602938.2014.895894

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Course evaluation matters: improving students’ learning experiences with a peer-assisted teaching programme

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Course evaluation matters: improving students’ learning experiences with a peer-assisted teaching programme

Angela Carbone, Bella Ross, Liam Phelan, Katherine Lindsay, Steve Drew, Sue Stoney and Caroline Cottman

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol.40(2), pp.165-180

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2014.895894

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peer-assisted learning

student evaluation

professional development

teaching evaluation

In the rapidly changing global higher education sector, greater attention is being paid to the quality of university teaching. However, academics have traditionally not received formal teacher training. The peer-assisted teaching programme reported on in this paper provides a structured yet flexible approach for peers to assist each other in reinvigorating and refining their teaching practice. Academics participated in this national, multi-institutional trial for varied reasons: the majority voluntarily, others to increase low student evaluation of course scores andsome as part of a graduate certificate teaching qualification. Here we report on how academics used the scheme, and the teaching areas they focused on. Student evaluation of course scores increased in the majority of courses, suggesting the changes made had a positive effect on students' learning experiences. The experiences of the multi-institutional trial reported here may benefit others considering such a scheme to reinvigorate and refine teaching practice and improve course evaluation scores.

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Title: Course evaluation matters: improving students’ learning experiences with a peer-assisted teaching programme
Authors: Angela Carbone (Author) - Monash University
Bella Ross (Author) - Monash University
Liam Phelan (Author) - University of Newcastle
Katherine Lindsay (Author) - University of Newcastle
Steve Drew (Author) - Griffith University
Sue Stoney (Author) - Edith Cowan University
Caroline Cottman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol.40(2), pp.165-180
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.895894
ISSN: 0260-2938
Organisation Unit: Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448825402621
Output Type: Journal article

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