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Peer Review in a Foundations in Learning and Teaching Program

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Most universities offer a program to prepare their academics for university teaching. One common focus of these programs across Australia is that of developing academics as reflective practitioners. A variety of approaches and strategies are adopted towards achieving this outcome. This chapter presents a rationale and case study for the pivotal role of reflective capacity in developing the academy through the mandated practice of peer review in a university teacher preparation program.

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    Marina Harvey & Ian Solomonides

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    Judyth Sachs

  2. Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Mitch Parsell

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Harvey, M., Solomonides, I. (2014). Peer Review in a Foundations in Learning and Teaching Program. In: Sachs, J., Parsell, M. (eds) Peer Review of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7639-5_9

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