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Talking to Students about Teaching: Benefits and Strategies for Effective Feedback

Learn how ongoing conversations about teaching can benefit both teachers and students. Explore strategies for eliciting feedback, including the use of Facebook pages, and discover the limitations and opportunities of this approach.

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Talking to Students about Teaching: Benefits and Strategies for Effective Feedback

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  1. Taking Down the Fourth Wall: Talking to Students about TeachingCEITMarch 8, 2013 Sophie Godley, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor Director, Undergraduate Education School of Public Health

  2. Who inspires your teaching?

  3. Today’s Learning Objectives After successfully completing this workshop, participants will be able to: • Identify why it can be beneficial for teachers and students alike when there is an ongoing conversation about teaching; • Articulate a new strategy for eliciting feedback from students; • Describe opportunities and limitation of using a class Facebook page for getting student feedback.

  4. My teaching: My students

  5. Introductions and review of objectives • Why gather ongoing feedback from students? • Using Facebook • Self-reflection on teaching • Comments and questions Agenda

  6. End of semester feedback: limited use • Are the students the “customer”? • Remind students that they are involved in their learning process • Midcourse corrections Why gather ongoing feedback from students?

  7. We must do hard things.

  8. Godley Our world & local problems require: • Active problem-solving • Creativity & flexible thinking • Multiple skill sets • Group work, people management, adapting to diverse expectations • Community competence • Acknowledgement of the role of race – and the specific history • What else?

  9. Ways to gather feedback during the semester

  10. Godley Midcourse evaluations • START/STOP/GO • “How are you contributing to your learning in this class?” • “What can you do to further your learning?” • “Anything else you would like your professor to know?”

  11. Godley • Create a “group” page • Students can “like” the page • History: keeps current and past students • Posting: allows students to post articles, questions, events • Page administrator: keeps it private

  12. Presentation Title MC725 • http://www.facebook.com/Mc725WomenChildrenAdolescentsBusph • Blog posts: on perfectionism, when an activity didn’t go as planned, my reflections and thoughts. • Comments: about 8/84 students posted.

  13. Self-reflection on teaching

  14. Godley How do you know it didn’t work? • Facial expressions • Ran out of time • Didn’t meet objectives • Students seem bored, unengaged

  15. Godley Your Turn • Transforming your classroom • Where are you now? • Where would you like to be? • Who can be a resource for you?

  16. ContactSophie Godley, MPH • Boston University School of Public Health • Crosstown, 801 Mass Ave, 4th Floor Office 445 • Boston, MA 02118 • Ph: 617/638-5296 Email: sgodley@bu.edu • Facebook: Sophie Godley • Twitter:  @sophiesalibi

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