This was a presentation I made at the UCA FE Development day, which introduced staff to the benefits of Peer Supported Review, The new model, which promotes a developmental approach involving a constructive dialogue between peers, and can explore any aspect of learning, teaching and assessment practice.

1. Peer Supported Review: a tool in our
armoury

2. What the inspector says…
‘For me, teaching and learning are not two
distinct activities, but intertwined elements of a
single, reciprocal process, or if you like the two
sides of one coin; perhaps they could be
described as a double-sided, interactive process
which transforms both tutors and students…’
Coffield, F. (2008). Just suppose teaching and learning became
the first priority.

3. • Key characteristics of Peer Supported Review.
• What does PSR look like?
• The benefits of doing PSR.
• Building a participatory learning culture:
Workshop 1: PSR in your course teams
Workshop 2: Constructive dialogue across the pathways
Session outline:

4. Key characteristics of PSR
• Reflecting on your learning
and teaching
• Constructive dialogue
• Mutual support and trust
amongst equals
• Working/collaborating
with new colleagues
• Learning conversations
‘participatory learning
culture’

5. What does PSR look like?
http://community.ucreative.ac.uk/psr

6. Being reviewed

7. Being a reviewer (‘Critical Friend’)

8. Benefits of doing PSR
• Sharing good practice
• Enhancing the quality of teaching
• Improving the student experience
• Taking time to reflect on your practice
• Greater staff and student engagement
• Going from ‘Good’ to ‘Outstanding’

10. Participatory learning culture

11. Workshop 1: Getting PSR working in
your course teams
 Draw ‘Peer Supported Review in the School of FE’ as a rich
picture. [10 mins]
 Talk about what is in your picture– what it means; why you
have chosen to represent in this way, etc [10 mins]
 Share 5-10 topics for Peer Supported Review that would
enhance learning and teaching practice in FE. Write these
up and talk about each. [10 mins]
 Pick out 2-3 of these topics and divide into groups to
discuss how you would take these through the 3 step
process. [10 mins]
 Come back as a group and identify any difficulties you
encountered/any further questions about the process.
Write these up. [5 mins]

12. Workshop 2: Constructive dialogue on
learning and teaching
In your pathways:
• Read out each ‘Learning and Teaching abstract’
[10 mins]
• Discuss these abstracts as a group, identifying the
following:
 Some key characteristics of learning and
teaching [5 mins]
 Some of the key challenges in writing/talking
about learning and teaching.[5 mins]
{List all the above on flipchart paper provided}