We discussed the process of the Peer Observations and went through any questions and concerns we each had surrounding them.
My only concern is that the observation is only 1 hour long, and our workshops are all 3 hours each. I am going to have to choose a part of the workshop that needs observation.

I would like to use this time for the box making workshop, as it is the area i feel needs most work, as it is a long and drawn out process, but this is the reason that a one hour long observation wouldn’t work. I worry it would represent itself badly in a one hour slice.

Perhaps observing my portion of the Prototyping workshop will work best.

THEN

we read this short case study from Bruce Macfarlane’s 2004 book Teaching with Integrity: The ethics of higher education practice (Routledge), in which a fictional lecturer, ‘Stephanie’, receives feedback on her teaching in the form of student evaluation forms and a peer observation.

We were asked to Consider three questions, and then share our thoughts on these three prompts in the padlet below

• Which aspects of Stephanie’s teaching practice appear to be the most ripe for development? 
• What could Stephanie do to move past her defensive reaction? 
• What, for you, are the most interesting questions this case study raises?

After the session i read through the example Peer Observation Feedback form to familiarise myself with the format.