Peer Review

Beginning with Academic Year 2001/2002, peer review will be a standard practice in all faculties. More information is available at: http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/cdtlhome/peer.htm. The key features of peer review are:

• There will be a comprehensive review which covers the entire spectrum of a teacher’s contribution to student learning, including classroom teaching (lectures/tutorial/seminars), curriculum design, printed and electronic teaching materials, and assessment tasks (questions/problems for continuous assessment and final examination). Such reviews are necessary for critical administrative decisions (e.g. re-appointment, promotion, tenure, teaching awards).
  
• Copies of peer review reports will be given to the teachers under review as soon as the reports are completed. These reports should be included in the teaching portfolios submitted for tenure, promotion, re-appointment and teaching excellence awards.
  
• If a teacher feels that a particular peer review report is unfair or prejudiced, he/she may defend himself/herself in writing on the negative points raised by the report. The teacher’s defense will be an integral part of the teacher appraisal exercise.
  
• As far as possible, at least two reviewers should be assigned to each teacher for a given peer review exercise. Reviewers should be assigned to a teacher on a rotating basis across years.
  
• Wherever possible, the reviewer should have sufficient familiarity with the subject matter of the modules being reviewed.
  
• The reviewer and the candidate being reviewed should not be in competition for the same position.
  

Performance Appraisal | Student Feedback | Peer Review |Teaching Portfolio |
Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) | Outstanding Educator Award (OEA)