Author(s)

Yue Hu ¹, Kexin Jiang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Boya International School, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ziyang Avenue, Nanchang, China

Corresponding Author

Yue Hu

ABSTRACT

Researchers and professors across the globe have acknowledged the significance of peer observation in recent decades. In tertiary institutions or universities, peer observation is compulsory for all professional teachers, tutors, even administrative staff. However, the growing importance of peer observation raises questions about whether peer observation is practical enough for improving teachers' teaching quality and helping teachers who work on the front line receive advanced teaching pedagogy from the perspectives of situated learning, reflective practice and conceptual expansion. It is necessary to identify the development and limitations of this teaching practice through journals available through critical review. This essay will be discussed systematically and comprehensively. The peer-reviewed article about effective peer observation will be summarised and evaluated in this essay. This essay will be discussed systematically and comprehensively.

KEYWORDS

Situated learning, peer observation, critical review, second language teaching, teacher development

CITE THIS PAPER

Yue Hu, Kexin Jiang, A Critical Review of "Situated Learning, Reflective Practice and Conceptual Expansion: Effective Peer Observation for Tutor Development". Adult and Higher Education (2023) Vol. 5: 1-5. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2023.050301.

REFERENCES

[1] Bell A, Mladenovic R. Situated learning, reflective practice and conceptual expansion: effective peer observation for tutor development [J]. Teaching in Higher Education, 2015, 20(1):24-36. 
[2] Routledge. The Routledge handbook of applied linguistics [M]. Routledge, 2011. 
[3]  Conor Carroll, Deirdre O' Loughlin. Peer observation of teaching: enhancing academic engagement for new participants [J]. Innovations in Education & Teaching International, 2014, 51(4):446-456. 
[4] Jill C. Peer observation: a reflective model [J]. Elt Journal, 1999(1):22-27.
[5] Chamberlain, J. M., D'Artrey, M., & Rowe, D.-A. (2011). Peer observation of teaching: A decoupled process. Active Learning in Higher Education, 12(3), 189–201.  
[6] Park Young-Gi. Reading and writing for communication and consideration - New approach of university liberal education [J]. Korean College Composition and Communication, 2015, 11:127-160. 
[7] Yufen Yang. Students' reflection on online self-correction and peer review to improve writing – Science Direct [J]. Computers & Education, 2010, 55(3):1202-1210.

Sponsors, Associates, and Links

---

• Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology
  
  
• Curriculum and Teaching Methodology
  
  
• Transactions on Comparative Education
  
  
• Applied & Educational Psychology
  
  
• Advances in Vocational and Technical Education