PeterSmith: Portfolio

• "interesting ideas and examples given in lectures ... clear explanations of the concepts ... high quality answers to questions"
• "teaching goes a long way in an otherwise dry subject. Thank you!"
• "enthusiastic way lectures are delivered and wide use of practical examples"
• "the lecturer was quit witty and 'laid back' whilst still being professional .. he knew his material"
• "Peter was very personal and called many of us by our first names"
• "he used interesting examples"
• "laid back atmosphere"
• "Music at the start of the lecture"
• "Peter was easy to approach"
• "Peter used interesting examples when explaining things. It kept me interested"
• "His enthusiasm about the subject, even when the class was not very responsive stimulated my interest in the topic"
• "Music before class :)"
• "general discussion of lectures experience & case studies"
• "Subject matter approached in a humours, informative manner"
• "Very easy to approach as you feel at ease even when asking the "dumb" questions"
• "Music great too"
• "His enthusiasm on the subject and his way of teaching"
• "I've never been to a lecture that never make me feel bored"
• "His is a good lecturer ... he is really good at teaching this paper"
• "His enthusiasm in teaching"

• "The class discussion helped a lot to listen to the perspectives and opinions of both the lecturer and classmates"
• "Open discussion is really helpful on my understanding and further learning ... I found the course is really challenging"
• "Discussing the case with Peter ... during his office hours"

• "Peer review - I thought his process helped me improve my essay. It let other students criticise it constructively and ... improve my essay grade. The essay also encouraged me to integrate quotes as part of may understanding instead of just stating them"
• "the cases every Friday were very practical and that allowed me to put myself into a position where I should try to make important decisions based on analysis and interpretation in everyday business".
• "The fact that we could openly argue with one another and the idea that there was non one right answer. Peter was very well balanced by not jumping down peoples' through too much when they were stuffing up"
• "Great course, great staff"
• "I think that by forcing us to read it deepend my understanding of the course"

• "I was really impressed by the teaching staff. They were approachable and interested in my development".
• "The assessment was really interesting. I think the course should be pushed more by the department as critical to development of any undergraduate management student"
• "The peer review process of the paper also served to extend my knowledge"
• "The class participation discussions. Having the ability to listen to how others think & approach different scenarios was a wonderful learning opportunity.
• "To apply theories to real world organizations. Helping me to understand theories that I can apply in my career in the future"

The results of systematically collected student evaluation undertaken by the department or faculty (2003 onwards)

(1) The new feedback system does not report faculty averages to lecturers
(2) Unfortunately, the other lecturer needed to relinquish supervision of 50% of the students. Reading the qualitative feedback it is apparently that this one fact alone negatively influenced my own scores, as the forms were sent to the whole class and not just the students I supervised.