University practitioners’ critical reflections from the collaboritive model

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Edgar Eduardo Heredia-Arboleda https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4099-9811
Mónica Torres-Cajas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2099-7245
Danilo Yépez-Oviedo
Adriana Lara-Velarde

Keywords

Critical Reflections, Evaluation Culture, POT (Peer Observation of Teaching)

Abstract

This investigation aimed to report University practitioners' critical reflections generated from Gosling's third POT model to raise awareness of institutional authorities and educationalists on the importance of consolidating POT programs on a regular basis. This qualitative case study was conducted with a sample of fourteen instructors currently working in a Public University situated in the Ecuadorian highlands. This group of academic practitioners was divided into pairs so that seven subgroups resulted from this division. Each subgroup worked firstly on the collaborative model process, which contemplated observation forms; then, they executed critical reflections; this data was gathered in collaborative expository essays and encapsulated in this manuscript. The obtained results disclose a high proclivity towards ongoing professional development, said differently; there is a considerable desire on the part of our participants to cultivate a teaching evaluation philosophy on a rolling basis. In general, this study had a positive repercussion on those involved due to its substantial interchangeable reflections.

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