This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Building a Faculty that Flourishes,” available in the Chronicle Store. Mention peer review of teaching in a faculty meeting, and you’re ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

Sandhya Kumar ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in Molecular & Cellular Biology and Statistics in Winthrop House. Amid the hiring freeze and funding uncertainty, Harvard has ...

The strongest professional networks aren’t built on convenience or status, but on trust, honesty and mutual growth.

To incorporate near-peer teaching into a curriculum, use a planning and implementation framework to design your curriculum. Take the following questions into consideration: Now that you have planned ...

Students can learn from their peers in a similar way as they learn from adult teachers. Peer teachers can also come away with a deeper understanding of the material. [iStockphoto] Last Tuesday, I ...

The Reflection allows instructors to critically analyze the feedback given by the reviewer. In addition, the instructor should contemplate how the feedback might be used to enhance teaching and ...

The key to creating active learning environments lies not in any one strategy, but in shifting our focus from teaching to learning. Instead of asking yourself, “What am I going to teach today?” ask, ...

“...to take advantage of the energy for change that's ‘out there’ today will require not just different methods in the classroom but the development of a campus ...

Students can learn from their peers in a similar way as they learn from adult teachers. Peer teachers can also come away with a deeper understanding of the material. [iStockphoto] Last Tuesday, I ...