School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin University/Southern Health, Victoria, Australia.
Nurse Educ Today. 2012 Aug;32(6):665-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.07.005. Epub 2011 Aug 10.
Peer review of university classroom teaching can increase the quality of teaching but is not universally practiced in Australian universities.
To report an evaluation of paired peer-review process using both paper and web based teaching evaluation tools.
Twenty university teachers in one metropolitan Australian School of Nursing and Midwifery were randomly paired and then randomly assigned to a paper based or web-based peer review tool. Each teacher reviewed each other's classroom teaching as part of a peer review program. The participants then completed an 18 question survey evaluating the peer review tool and paired evaluation process. Responses were analyzed using frequencies and percentages.
Regardless of the tool used, participants found this process of peer review positive (75%), collegial (78%), supportive (61%) and non-threatening (71%). Participants reported that the peer review will improve their own classroom delivery (61%), teaching evaluation (61%) and planning (53%). The web-based tool was found to be easier to use and allowed more space than the paper-based tool.
Implementation of a web-based paired peer review system can be a positive method of peer review of university classroom teaching. Pairing of teachers to review each other's classroom teaching is a promising strategy and has the potential to improve teaching in teaching universities.
同行评议大学课堂教学可以提高教学质量，但在澳大利亚大学中并不普遍实行。
报告使用纸质和基于网络的教学评估工具的配对同行评议过程的评估结果。
在一个澳大利亚护理和助产士学院的 20 名大学教师被随机配对，然后随机分配到纸质或基于网络的同行评审工具中。每位教师作为同行评审计划的一部分对彼此的课堂教学进行评审。然后，参与者完成了一份 18 个问题的调查问卷，评估了同行评审工具和配对评估过程。使用频率和百分比对响应进行了分析。
无论使用哪种工具，参与者都认为这种同行评审过程是积极的（75%）、友好的（78%）、支持性的（61%）和非威胁性的（71%）。参与者报告说，同行评审将提高他们自己的课堂授课（61%）、教学评估（61%）和计划（53%）。基于网络的工具被发现比纸质工具更容易使用，并且有更多的空间。
实施基于网络的配对同行评审系统可以成为大学课堂教学同行评审的一种积极方法。教师配对互相评审课堂教学是一种有前途的策略，有可能提高教学质量。
