It was my understanding that the reviewer does not have to be someone from
your own department. In my situation I'm the only one in the department who
teaches most of my courses. I would look for someone who would be able to
provide me with an objective evaluation. I could easily ask a friend who
would provide a positive evaluation but that would do little to help me
become a better teacher.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State University of NY http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky
Oswego, NY 13126 Voice: (315) 312 3474
-----Original Message-----
From: G. Marc Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 8:59 AM
To: TIPS
Subject: RE: course evaluations
I response to something Gary said, but not really directed to him...
At 02:14 PM 1/24/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>presence". Typically course syllabi, exams, assignments you have graded
>are submitted to someone with experience in the course and they provide an
>evaluation of that material. The portfolio would include the material you
My question would be who is the person with experience in the course? I can
see this as a potential way to improve one's teaching by getting feedback
from others. The problem that I see is what to do at a small school where,
for example let's say 1 person has been teaching the stats and methods
courses for the past 20 years. No one else has experience teaching the
course at the school, so who does the evaluation?
Also, like it or not, some departments have a lot of internal politics and
sometimes people in the department are disliked by others for one reason or
another. This could create some serious concerns for faculty that feel they
are being evaluated by someone biased against them.
Just some random comments...
- Marc
G. Marc Turner, MEd
Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
Department of Psychology
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
phone: (512)245-2526
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
