TOWARDS THE DESIGN OF A SYSTEM OF PEER-REVIEW OF TEACHING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY

This study reports the results of a survey gauging academic staff resp onse to the notion of introducing a comprehensive system of peer revie w of teaching for summative purposes into the University of the Witwat ersrand, Johannesburg (Wits), and, through a correlation of these resp onses with some American perspectives on peer review, proposes a syste m which might accommodate the needs of academic staff not only at Wits but in any comparable institution at which student evaluation of teac hing has come almost to preclude other forms of assessment. The paper argues against the disjunction of formative and summative evaluation, advocating, through the design of the peer review system proposed in t he study, the long-term development of the individual within a concept ion of holistic advancement in the university.