Background: This review, which focused on faculty development initiatives designed to
improve teaching effectiveness, synthesized findings related to intervention types, study …

Peer review of teaching (PRT) is often used as a mechanism for professional development
and an indicator of teaching quality. Yet there has been minimal research into establishing …

Research on faculty development has focused primarily on individual participants and has
produced relatively little generalizable knowledge that can guide faculty development …

Over the past decades, peer review of teaching has become commonplace at many
universities around the world. Though research on the topic is expanding, much of the …

Teaching observation is widely promoted as a mechanism for developing teaching practice
in higher education. Specifically, formative peer observation is considered by many to be a …

Problem: Good teaching requires spontaneous, immediate, and appropriate action in
response to various situations. It is even more crucial in problem-based learning (PBL) …

University teachers nowadays, as with many other professionals, are facing the challenges
of lifelong learning to improve the quality of teaching in higher education. In America and the …

Purpose The use of bedside rounds in teaching hospitals has declined, despite
recommendations from educational leaders to promote this effective teaching strategy. The …

Over recent decades, peer review of teaching has become an important mechanism for
improving the quality of teaching in higher education. While there is considerable …

Student evaluations of curricular experiences and instructors are employed by institutions to
obtain feedback and guide improvement. However, to be effective, evaluations must prompt …