Dr. Maria Rosa Buxarrais, together with Dr. Juan Llanes and Dr. Max Turull, all professors at the University of Barcelona, have coordinated issue 54 of the collection Cuadernos de Docencia Universitaria (University Teaching Notebooks), recently published, entitled El peer review en docencia universitaria. Calidad, reflexión y desarrollo profesional.
The same book is also available in Catalan, with the title El peer review en docència universitària. Qualitat, reflexió i desenvolupament professional and both books are free to download under a Creative Commons license on the website of Editorial Octaedro, which collaborates on the publication together with the Institute for Professional Development of the University of Barcelona.
Abstract
«This volume brings together the collective experience of twenty-seven university lecturers who, from diverse disciplines and institutions, have promoted a pioneering peer review initiative in teaching. The project, developed within the framework of the RIMDA programme and the INTERMASTER teaching innovation group at the University of Barcelona, proposes opening the doors of the classroom—traditionally conceived as an intimate and private space—to the observation of a colleague, with the aim of jointly reflecting on teaching practice and stimulating improvement.
The book combines theoretical foundations and practical contributions. It offers a conceptual framework that situates peer review within international frameworks for quality and academic development, while presenting an observation instrument adapted to different contexts and needs: from one-off interventions to long-term work plans. Furthermore, it includes thirteen real experiences—interdisciplinary and discipline-specific—carried out in official programmes of the University of Barcelona and with the collaboration of Favaloro University, which show the plurality of perspectives, methodologies, and challenges that emerge when teaching is shared with other professionals».
The book can be downloaded in Spanish and in Catalan from Editorial Octaedro.
The books in the Cuadernos de Docencia Universitaria collection “make various materials and documents available to university teaching staff to facilitate their teaching work, in accordance with a teaching-learning vision centred on student work, and aim to promote good teaching practices».
The rest of the issues in this collection, as well as future ones, can also be downloaded freely and at no cost via this link.
From left to right: Ramón Francisco Mínguez, Juan Alfredo Jiménez, Maria Rosa Buxarrais, Mariona Graell, Gladys Merma, and Juan Llanes.
