Constructive feedback is an important basis for diversity-oriented teaching. Class-accompanying feedback from your students can help you tailor your classes to your students’ needs and address their potential. It’s important, however, to understand feedback as tool for development rather than an assessment of value. You should also give your students feedback systematically or promote giving each other feedback on presentations, homework, etc. In these cases, it’s especially important to look at the rules of giving (fair, constructive, prompt, I-statements, no exaggerations) and receiving (listening, not justifying yourself, seeing the information as optional) feedback and pointing these out to the students, if need be. Here are some helpful feedback methods you can use to continue developing your classes:
Literature
Ladwig, Annette: Feedback-Methodenbar, in: Diversität konkret. Handreichung für das Lehren und Lernen an Hochschulen. Hrsg.: Zentrum für Hochschul- und Qualitätsentwicklung an der Universität Duisburg-Essen.
