The Two Paradigms of Education and the Peer Review of Teaching
Dean A. McManus November 2001 Journal of Geoscience Education v49 n5 p423-434

This article in the Journal of Geoscience Education provides information about two models of education, the Teaching-Centered Paradigm and the Learning-Centered Paradigm. The paper examines how to align the appropriate tools for peer review with the teaching implications of paradigm choice. The paradigm teaching methods that are discussed in this article are lecturing, group activities, discussion, and laboratories and field trips.

Full Text of the article is available online.

This resource is referenced here:

• Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Student Learning: Observing and Assessing: Interactive Lectures
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Assessment: Assessing Interactive Lectures

Subject: Education:Assessment, Assessment:Peer Assessment
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results, Journal Article
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)Keywords: science education, geoscience education, evaluation, peer review of teaching