Internal Subject Review Training Tuesday 9 th November 2010 Slaveya Angelska, Associate Trainer Sareta Puri, Development Advisor
Learning Outcomes By the end of today you should have: Developed your understanding of the nature, purpose and process of Internal Subject Reviews Familiarised yourself with the self-evaluation document Developed an understanding of the skills required in undertaking reviews and how to develop these skills
Why did you become a reviewer? Why is it important to involve students in internal subject reviews?
Background of Internal Subject Reviews
Background Quality Enhancement Framework Guidance from the Scottish Funding Council Behind the words… → Internal → Subject → Review
Behind the words… INTERNAL → Institution-specific → Institution-led SUBJECT → Specific subject/overall discipline/school/faculty → Taught courses and research → Support services REVIEW → Evaluates the student experience → Good practice and areas for enhancement
Student learning experience Student Learning Experience 1. Curriculum 2. Learning resources and their deployment 3. Learning and teaching 4. Assessment and achievement 5. Student progression and outcomes 6. Quality and standards
Scope All provisions bearing credit Linkages between research and curriculum development Student support services All students Assurance and enhancement Annual monitoring Mobility of learning journey
Student Feedback
Its workings
Stages of the review Preparation Timetable Documentation (self-reflective report) Review team meeting Review meetings Staff Students Conclusions Meeting Writing up
How will the review be conducted? 1 day 3 to 4 days Bulk: review meetings How long Management and teaching staff Students Support services staff Who ALL provisions ALL students Non learning and teaching dimensions What
Variation in leadership and responsibility Follow-up Session with students Meetings Role of the student member Student Learning Experience Supervision and support from the chair of the team
Questions and answers?
Analysis and Interpretation
Types of documentation Outline programme List of panel membership Briefing document for the review Institutional background information Previous review reports Self-evaluation document Programme specifications Module descriptors Other background information
Self-evaluation document Skim and scan reading → Get the gist → Obtain specific information SQ3R method KWL method Refer your reading to the student learning experience
Self-evaluation document What is the structure of the document? How are you going to prioritise the sections? How would you assess your current knowledge on the different sections? What questions have you got at this stage?
Lunch
Effective communication
Effective listening
Effective questioning
The A,B,C,D of Effective feedback Effective
Facilitation
Practice communication Examine the data and formulate questions according to principles of effective communication
Break
Planning your ISR
Learning Outcomes By the end of today you should have: Developed your understanding of the nature, purpose and process of Internal Subject Reviews Familiarised yourself with the self-evaluation document Developed an understanding of the skills required in undertaking reviews and how to develop these skills