A Qualitative Review of Literature on Peer Review of Teaching in Higher Education: An Application of the SWOT Framework

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-159

  Thomas, Susan ^a   Chie, Qiu Ting ^a   Abraham, Mathew ^b   Jalarajan Raj, Sony ^c   Beh, Loo See ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

content mapping; observation; peer feedback; peer review; reflection; SWOT framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893551517     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654313499617     Document Type: Article

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