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<p>Dear All,</p>
<p>It was agreed at the latest Teaching and Departmental meetings
that we should begin a peer review process of our teaching methods
this Semester. This will involve colleagues agreeing to observe
each other's teaching under normal circumstances.<br>
</p>
<p> The process is completely voluntary and has been developed
within the Department without any input or requirements from the
University. The idea is to use a relatively simple method to help
us improve our own teaching skills. See the attached Information
and Form that will be used in the peer-review process.</p>
<p>We would encourage you to take part and team up with a colleague
soon to start the review process as described in the attached. <br>
</p>
<p>Please note that you are not required to submit any forms. The
minimum required would be to inform me who has teamed up with
whom. It would be very helpful if you did submit your forms to
me, though, as this will allow me to collect comments etc to see
if there are any common themes. The collection of
comments/observations would be <b>completely </b><b>anonymised </b>before
anybody else has access.</p>
<p>So, I would encourage you to take part in this trial. We will
undoubtedly learn lessons from it and modify the process
accordingly before we roll it out further next Academic Year. <br>
</p>
<p>I personally have gone through this peer-review process
previously (with feedback from the Observer) and can highly
recommend it. It is amazing how some relatively small changes to
teaching style/methods, made as a result of a review, can greatly
improve one's teaching skill and student experience.</p>
<p>So, if you could please start to team up with a colleague, inform
me once this has been done, and then start the review process as
described.</p>
<p>Many thanks,</p>
<p>Brian.<br>
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Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
Department of Physics, SUPA & Cockcroft Institute
University of Strathclyde
107 Rottenrow East
Glasgow, G4 0NG
Scotland
Tel: 0141 548 4727
Fax: 0141 552 2891
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263</pre>
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