Faculty-student engagement in teaching observation and assessment : a Hong Kong initiative
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
Publication Date
2016
Volume
41
Issue
8
First Page
1193
Last Page
1205
Publisher
Routledge
Keywords
student consultant, peer observation, student voice, teaching assessment, teaching enhancement
Abstract
There is now a worldwide focus on the quality of university teaching and yet there is general dissatisfaction in universities with the student evaluation of teaching system. Peer observation of teaching seems to hold much promise in the assessment of teaching quality, but such observation pays little attention to the quality of teaching as perceived by students. One approach to overcome this deficiency is for faculty and students to also partner in the assessment of a faculty member’s teaching, with a student trained in observation and feedback techniques acting as a peer in the observation process. This paper describes and evaluates an ongoing student consultant initiative at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. It presents faculty and student observations in terms of the benefits to faculty regarding potential enhancement of university teaching, and the benefits to students especially in terms of close collaboration with faculty and training in consultation techniques. The paper notes that the student consultant initiative has been more popular with students than faculty, and recommends further investigation of the potential of such programmes in Hong Kong higher education.
DOI
10.1080/02602938.2015.1071779
Print ISSN
02602938
E-ISSN
1469297X
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Pounder, J. S., Ho, E. H.-l., & Groves, J. M. (2016). Faculty-student engagement in teaching observation and assessment: A Hong Kong initiative. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 41(8), 1193-1205. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1071779