I believe that peer review/ feedback is an essential part of teaching, and so it is something that I should definitely get used to doing!

If I’m honest I don’t really feel like I have ever really gone through the process of giving/receiving genuine feedback. The few times I was involved in peer review in high school I think that everyone was too scared to criticise others, and so the feedback I received was filled with only compliments! Therefore, the lectures/tdts on the enquiring practitioner and peer review were very helpful as it enabled me to properly go through this process. It can be intimidating at first- no one really enjoys being criticised- however, it is good to remember that people are commenting to help you improve your work/practice, not to be mean. I appreciated the fact that everyone was honest with each other as this is definitely more helpful than continuous compliments! In my comment section I received some very helpful advice: someone pointed out that I had made some silly grammatical errors which I was able to then read over and fix.

The peer review process was a positive one because I received some advice which I will remember and apply when writing posts in the future. It developed my confidence to criticise constructively and enabled me to be more open minded to other people’s opinions. This is so vital in teaching, in particular as being an enquiring practitioner, as it is necessary for you to listen to other people’s advice to improve your practice. It is important that we constantly are updating and developing our practice, and so having other people review and criticise what we do is so helpful in order to make our lessons better and learn from our mistakes.