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    • Guidance for Potential Risks in Remote Teaching
  • Faculty Mentoring for Teaching
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    • Tips to Enhance Your Department’s Teaching Climate and Culture
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  • Peer Observation of Teaching: Effective Practices
    • Part I: Key Considerations
    • Part II: Effective Processes and Practices for Peer Observation
    • Part III: Tools & Instruments for Observation
    • Appendix A: Additional Resources
    • Appendix B: Suggested Best Practices for Classroom Visits
    • Appendix C: Types of Questions To Ask: Exploring a Variety of Perspectives
    • References/Sources Cited
  • Curriculum Renewal Guide
    • Introduction
    • Guiding Principles for Curriculum Renewal
    • Overview of the Curriculum Renewal Process
    • Preparation for Curriculum Renewal
    • Program Visioning
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    • Curriculum Mapping & Analysis
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  • Active Learning Pedagogies
    • A Continuum for Exploration
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  • Gathering Formative Feedback with Mid-Course Evaluations
    • Creating Good Questions for Mid-Course Evaluations
    • Creating Conditions for Receiving Good Feedback
    • Interpreting the Results of Evaluations
    • Implementing Change
    • Further Resources on Mid-Course Evaluations
    • Appendix A: Examples of Mid-Course Evaluation Questions
    • Appendix B: Mid-Course Evaluation Work Sheet
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Peer Observation of Teaching: Effective Practices

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Part I: Key Considerations – Rationale, Context and Principles

Part II: Effective Processes and Practices for Peer Observation

Part III: Tools and Instruments for Observation

Appendix A: Additional Resources
Appendix B: Best Practices for Classroom Visits
Appendix C: Types of Questions to Ask/to Avoid

References/Sources Cited

 

 

  • Teaching Support
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Faculty Mentoring for Teaching
  • Peer Observation of Teaching: Effective Practices
  • Curriculum Renewal Guide
  • Universal Design for Learning
  • Consultations
  • Documenting Teaching
  • Course Design
  • Active Learning Pedagogies
  • Gathering Formative Feedback with Mid-Course Evaluations
  • Course Evaluations
  • Working with Graduate Students
  • U of T Resources

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