Abstract
Teaching improvement is essential to guarantee the continuous alignment with students, while their habits and styles as learners evolve over time. With this regard, we ran a study aiming at proposing a framework for teaching observation so to complement the teacher development process. Based on these premises, this paper focuses on the exploration of current teaching observations practices and the proposal of a preliminary framework to be adopted in the University domain. In the effort to support the quality of teaching and learning in higher education, and to sustain teaching development, the aim of our teaching observation framework is twofold. On one side, the aim is to provide structured feedback to instructors about their teaching from a point of view of an expert. For this reason, instructors agree with the criteria of the non-evaluative observation and will receive feedback and suggestions. The latters could support them to become reflective instructors improving as a consequence, the entire learning process. On the other side, the aim of our teaching observations is to collect data and evidences useful to design effective Faculty Development proposals as part of our institutional training project. At the level of the instructor, the desired result should consist in a personal improvement thanks to the received feedback. At an institutional level, observations should facilitate the (re)design of courses and activities that are part of the instructors’ training offer. Our study is innovative because it enlarges the concepts of teaching evaluation, going beyond the evaluations provided by students.
Presenters
Leonardo CaporarelloAssociate Dean for Online Learning, and Professor of Negotiation, SDA Bocconi School of Management; Rector's Delegate for Digital Learning and Director of BUILT (Bocconi University Innovations in Learning and Teaching), Bocconi University, Bocconi University, Italy Manuela Milani
Federica Cirulli
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Observation, University, Teachers, Training
