Peer Review Report (Teaching)
In Confidence
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PEER REVIEWERS AND HEAD OF DISCIPLINE/SCHOOL SIGNATORIES. Please
note that members of the Faculty Review Committee or the Personal Chairs and
Senior Promotions Committees cannot advocate for candidates, and therefore
cannot sign any form associated with the candidates application. A suitable
alternative must be found.
Queries can be raised to Secretary of the Committee, at
senior.promotions@tcd.ie. The Head of School/Dean will agree alternate
signatories.
After completing this document you should convert it to PDF, return to the
candidate, and the candidate submits alongside their application form through erecruitment.
Report to be submitted in typed format only.
Name of Candidate
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Promotion Position Applied for
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Date of Promotion/Appointment to Current
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Position
Please base this report on your knowledge of the Candidate’s teaching at both
undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Other Peer Reviewers will have been
contacted about other aspects of the candidate’s work. The candidate has supplied
you with the evidence you need to complete the Report (attached).
Please leave any section blank where you are unable to respond.
Having due regard to the criteria for promotion (attached) to the position applied for,
please rate the Candidate under the headings listed below.
College procedures relating to promotion define teaching as the conversion of
knowledge in the relevant discipline or field of study derived from research into a
reciprocal process of education and learning. It may include any or all of the
following:
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the introduction of the concepts, methods, and subject matter of the discipline
or field of study in a manner which stimulates those taught and enables them
to engage with the knowledge in a critical and independent manner
appropriate to the level at which they have been taught
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curriculum design, course management, instruction, assessment, and the
creation of a social and academic environment that promotes learning

initiation into research by supervision of dissertations or other research
projects at the appropriate level
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Supervising students to completion.
Section A - Curriculum Design
Please comment on the appropriateness and clarity of course learning outcomes
(objectives) and the match between learning outcomes, content, teaching methods,
learning resources and assessment.
Section B – Administration of Teaching
Please comment on the quality of the candidate’s administrative duties relating to
teaching including the quality of information provided to students.
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Section C – Assessment of Student Learning
Please comment on the quality of assessment tasks such as examinations,
assignments, projects etc. as relevant to this discipline.
Section D – Innovations
Please comment on the quality of any teaching innovations introduced by the
candidate.
Section E – Scholarship in Teaching
Please comment on the overall quality of the subject matter taught as a reflection of
the scholarship of the candidate.
Section F – Further Comments
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Signature:
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Date:
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Name and Title of Peer Reviewer (in
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typed format)
Name and Address of Institution (in typed
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format)
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