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6 Evaluation of Individual Faculty: Criteria and Benchmarks
6 Evaluation of Individual Faculty: Criteria and Benchmarks
Pages 100-107
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The report also has emphasize(1 that any system of teaching evaluation should serve as a critical basis for improving student learning. The previous chapter provides a framework that departments and institutions can apply to evaluate the teaching of individual faculty.
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· Possess sufficient knowledge and understanding of their own and related subdisciplines that they can answer most students' questions or know how to help students find appropriate information. · Keep their knowledge about a field of study current through an active research program or through scholarly reading and other types of professional engagement with others in their immediate and related disciplines (e.g., participation in professional meetings and workshops)
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· Is the instructor aware of alternative instructional methods or teaching strategies and able to select methods of instruction that are most effective in helping students learn (pe(lagogical content knowle(lge)
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Current Students · Student ratings · Both 139 · Outcome assessment · Both 73 of learning Faculty · Review of course materials · Both Colleagues and other evidence of 63 teaching effectiveness · Observation · Both A5,51 Instructor · Written self-appraisal · Both Uncler Review 65 Data sources and forms of evaluation for this characteristic are shown in Table 6-2.
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· Do students receive constructive suggestions on how to improve their course performance? Data sources and forms of evaluation for this characteristic are shown in Table 6-3.
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When a student clearly is not prepared to undertake the challenges of a particular course, the effective instructor may counsel that student out of the course or suggest alternative, individualized approaches for the student to learn the subject matter that is prerequisite for the course. · Uphold and mode} for students the best scholarly and ethical standards (e.g., University of California Faculty Code of Conduct)
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Data sources and forms of evaluation for this characteristic are shown in Table 6-4.
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Has the instructor participated in seeking external support for instrumentation or education research projects? Data sources and forms of evaluation for this characteristic are shown in Table 6-5.
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