Feedback and Evaluation

This lecture covers the importance of receiving feedback on teaching, as highlighted by John Hattie's research on learning gains. It explains the benefits of feedback for educational interventions and the different channels for obtaining feedback, including informal methods like audience reactions and formal methods like peer observation. The lecture also delves into the Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) system, discussing its structure, content, and the process of setting up goals for teaching evaluation questionnaires. It emphasizes the multidimensionality of student evaluations, the validity of the feedback received, and provides advice on formulating effective questions for SET. The session concludes by summarizing the key points for conducting effective student evaluations of teaching.