ERIC Number: EJ1415678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Mar
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1469-7874
EISSN: EISSN-1741-2625
Going Small, Going Carefully, with a Friend: Helping Faculty Adopt Lesson-Level Constructive Alignment through Non-Evaluative Peer Observation
Active Learning in Higher Education, v25 n1 p53-66 2024
Constructive Alignment (CA) is a pedagogical tool for designing student-centered instruction aligned to learning outcomes. Despite strong evidence that CA and student-centered instruction are superior to lecture-based pedagogy, the latter remains prevalent across higher education. This descriptive-explanatory case study (n=20) investigates how programs of reciprocal, non-evaluative peer observation can help faculty understand and use CA at the lesson level. Analysis of exit interviews and faculty-faculty dialogue reveals that participants are able to apply principles of CA at the lesson level; most report this is new learning. Two program features that support this learning are described.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Peer Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Reflective Teaching, Feedback (Response), Alignment (Education), Student Centered Learning, Outcomes of Education, Units of Study, Constructivism (Learning)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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