This
section contains material designed to help teams gather and evaluate evidence
during the visit. The material can
also be helpful to faculties as they prepare for visits. Team members should give particular attention to section
5.8 Looking at teaching and
learning.
The
support materials and their uses during the visit are outlined below.
5.6
Interviewing gives notes on interviewing
during visits.
5.7
Gathering evidence outlines the four kinds of evidence and provides help with obtaining and
using evidence during the visit.
5.8
Looking at teaching and learning is a detailed guide for looking at how the curriculum is implemented, the
effectiveness of teaching, and the assessment of student learning.
It provides questions for each type of evidence: self-evaluation,
documents, interviews, and observations in
classes and partner schools.
5.9
Lesson observation form is a form and guidance for assessors to use in conducting classroom
observations during the visit.
5.10 Teaching
hours for faculty staff helps assessors consider the effects of high
teaching loads. When staff teach
too much, students will not have sufficient attention and feedback.
They will not be able to learn the knowledge and skills needed for the
beginning teacher competencies.
5.11
Questions for dean, program head, faculty staff, and students is a working guide for the kinds of question assessors should use in
interviews. The questions are
derived from the input and process standards.
5.12
How to look at the library
is a detailed discussion, with questions, for how to consider whether the
programs meet the standards on library resources and processes.
This section also illustrates how teams use evidence from different
sources to triangulate.
5.13 The role of judgement in
evaluating standards explains how expert judgment of experienced
academics is used in assessing standards