More Than a Sum of its Parts: Five Fundamentals for Formative Peer Observation of Classroom Teaching in Higher Education

dc.contributor.authorMcCloud, Jonathan Daviden
dc.contributor.committeechairDoolittle, Peter E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcConnell, Kathryne D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHicks, Daviden
dc.contributor.committeememberParkes, Kelly A.en
dc.contributor.departmentTeaching and Learningen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T06:00:22Zen
dc.date.available2017-06-01T06:00:22Zen
dc.date.issued2015-12-08en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation comprises two manuscripts formatted for publication, preceded by a brief introduction to the dissertation project. The first manuscript addresses the recent history and development of peer observation in the United States and synthesizes the body available peer observation scholarship. Five fundamental elements of peer observation (design, community, control, training, reflection) are put forth as a nexus at which meaningful and formative peer observation can be undertaken. A selection of empirically based methods for conducting peer observation is also presented. The second manuscript is a mixed-methods descriptive study of the five fundamentals of peer observation. Three academic departments at a large land-grant university were identified, via questionnaire, as having programs of peer observation that aligned with attributes of the five fundamentals. These academic departments participated in individual case studies designed to bring-about a description of the five fundamentals as they were and were not manifest in authentic university/college contexts.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:6488en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/77875en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectpeer observationen
dc.subjectpeer reviewen
dc.subjectclassroom observationen
dc.subjectobservation of teachingen
dc.subjectfaculty developmenten
dc.titleMore Than a Sum of its Parts: Five Fundamentals for Formative Peer Observation of Classroom Teaching in Higher Educationen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instructionen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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