TY - JOUR
T1 - A Qualitative Review of Literature on Peer Review of Teaching in Higher Education: An Application of the SWOT Framework
AU - Thomas, Susan
AU - Chie, Qiu
AU - Abraham, Mathew
AU - Raj, Sony
AU - Beh, Loo-See
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - The issues of professional accountability, faculty member development, and enhancing higher education quality in universities are gaining importance. A strategy that could increase personal control over teaching practices in addition to improving professional development among faculty members is peer review of teaching (PRT). Five themes that are important in determining the feasibility of PRT are (a) benefits of peer review in developing faculty members, (b) barriers to peer review of teaching, (c) gaps in literature, (d) potential problems to teaching practice, and (e) opportunities. Of the 65 studies identified, 34 were selected for further analysis, and drawing on PRT and the SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat) framework, 27 studies were selected for content mapping. Textual narrative synthesis was used to further categorize the review findings into the four quadrants of the SWOT framework. This analysis highlights a positive strategy in promoting PRT in higher education.
AB - The issues of professional accountability, faculty member development, and enhancing higher education quality in universities are gaining importance. A strategy that could increase personal control over teaching practices in addition to improving professional development among faculty members is peer review of teaching (PRT). Five themes that are important in determining the feasibility of PRT are (a) benefits of peer review in developing faculty members, (b) barriers to peer review of teaching, (c) gaps in literature, (d) potential problems to teaching practice, and (e) opportunities. Of the 65 studies identified, 34 were selected for further analysis, and drawing on PRT and the SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat) framework, 27 studies were selected for content mapping. Textual narrative synthesis was used to further categorize the review findings into the four quadrants of the SWOT framework. This analysis highlights a positive strategy in promoting PRT in higher education.
KW - content-mapping
KW - observation
KW - peer feedback
KW - peer review
KW - reflection
KW - SWOT framework
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893551517&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3102/0034654313499617
DO - 10.3102/0034654313499617
M3 - Article
VL - 84
SP - 112
EP - 159
JO - REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
JF - REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
SN - 0034-6543
IS - 1
ER -