The Role of Academic Developers in the Process of Peer Review of Teaching
Session Time and Location
Dunwoody C
Session Track
- Faculty and Staff Professional Development
Session Format
- Paper
The value of peer review process is guaranteed by the participation of the academic developer (Bell & Cooper,2013). However, some authors (Yiend, Weller & Kinchin,2014) argue that academic developers do not have enough field-knowledge to support the development of the university teacher. As academic developers act on the margins, they have to constantly conceptualize their role in different situations (Green & Little,2013; Handal,2008). The survey investigates how academic developers percieve their role in the process of peer review and how it is percieved by university teachers in the same process. The research data is based on observation log notes and interviews. The results show that academic developers and teachers both perceived the transformation of their roles during the peer reivew process as the result of the councious contribution of the developer