UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Implementing an Evaluation Programme for Teaching and

Learning in Organisational Psychology

S Goodman & J Louw-Potgieter

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Where we started:

• Implemented a new curriculum in 2005• Implemented a course & lecturer evaluation process in 2005

• Items based on Senate’s Teaching and Learning Contract• Paper-based• Results administration a lengthy process, undermined formative evaluation

• Placed same evaluation on Vula in 2009• Results administration greatly improved• Lecturers and teaching still evaluated by naïve evaluators• Improvements in teaching practice not taken into account

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Where we are going now:

• Using our programme evaluation knowledge• Evaluand: course and lecturer • Outcomes, indicators and standards

• Beneficiaries of our teaching not included here; processes for identifying students at risk

• Suki to present the process she will use to put a new course and lecturer evaluation together

• multiple indicators• multiple evaluators• reflect continuous professional development of teaching staff

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Aim of Process

• Fostering high performance culture using integrated and sustained evaluation

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Quality Assurance Process Steps Revise items on course and lecturer evaluation Course

Lecturer Guest lecturersTutors

Information about alignment between learning outcomes and course assessments - HOS

Course outlineRole of course convenors Examination meeting

Tutor training and coaching for specific assessments

Course content Assessments

External examiner Level Length of examination papersDistribution of marks

Post graduate students Standard form with additional opportunity for qualitative responses

Continuing education initiative for lecturers within section with Director of EDU

OutcomesLecturing activities