Mette K. Christensen, Jane E. Møller, and Iris M. Pedersen are the winners of the IJAD 2023 Article of the Year Award for “How facilitated multi-source feedback constructs new conversations about teaching”, International Journal for Academic Development, 28(3), 272-286, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2021.2016413
“How facilitated multi-source feedback constructs new conversations about teaching” details a novel approach to instructional feedback, the Facilitated Multi-Source Feedback (FMSF)
model. The article makes a contribution to the field by providing both theoretical and practical insights. Practically, the FMSF model provides a triangulated evaluation and offers a facilitation approach that has the potential to reduce the power differential between teachers and students. The process provides students with a legitimate and effective voice in contributing to the improvement of teaching and learning in particular classrooms. The research process is well documented and robust, and the authors demonstrate awareness of
other institutional and national contexts in ways that communicate how their insights might be transferable to other institutions. The use of Positioning Theory is an exciting component of the article’s analytical frame. Specifically, judges anticipate that future research will build upon the authors’ discussion of the “local order of rights and duties” bound up in social norms around teaching, learning, and feedback.
Shortlisted articles
Two other articles were shortlisted for the 2023 Article of the Year Award and, like the winning article, are made available as a free download until December 2024. They are:
Klara Bolander Laksov. (2023). In partnership with heads of department for sustainable educational development, International Journal for Academic Development, 28:4, 398-410, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2021.2016414
James Garraway, Xena Cupido, Hanlie Dippenaar, Vuyokazi Mntuyedwa, Ngizimisele Ndlovu, Anthea Pinto & Janet Purcell van Graan. (2023). The Change Laboratory as an approach to harnessing conversation for academic development, International Journal for Academic Development, 28:3, 362-377, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2021.2019039