interesting ideas in The Lecture Club

Created by William J. Allen (Arkansas State University) on May 19, 2006

Rick Reis publishes a wonderful email list called Tomorrow's Professor. This week's mailing was written by Barbara Sommer, Lecturer, and Bob Sommer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychology Dept., University of California Davis. The title is simply The Lecture Club.

The basic idea is that a group of colleagues agree to visit classes of one another. This kind of visitation is common in some institutions where the results of the observation become part of the evaluation of teaching of the visited teacher. The Lecture Club, in contrast, is not judgmental. If anything, it is fun.

I recommend a reading of the post.

One of the most interesting conclusions drawn from the experience is that far from being a judge to the teaching colleague, the visitor found his or her teaching invigorated by watching a respected colleague deal with the subject and the students.

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		interesting ideas in The Lecture Club Created by William J. Allen (Arkansas State University) on May 19, 2006 Rick Reis publishes a wonderful email list called Tomorrow's Professor. This week's mailing was written by Barbara Sommer, Lecturer, and Bob Sommer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychology Dept., University of California Davis. The title is simply The Lecture Club. The basic idea is that a group of colleagues agree to visit classes of one another. This kind of visitation is common in some institutions where the results of the observation become part of the evaluation of teaching of the visited teacher. The Lecture Club, in contrast, is not judgmental. If anything, it is fun. I recommend a reading of the post. One of the most interesting conclusions drawn from the experience is that far from being a judge to the teaching colleague, the visitor found his or her teaching invigorated by watching a respected colleague deal with the subject and the students. colleagues \| Evaluation \| Evaluations \| observation \| self-appraisal William's blog Login or register to post comments 3844 reads
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