Table 1 Illustrative quotes and associated reasons for poor participation with traditional feedback tools
From: An online discussion between students and teachers: a way forward for meaningful teacher feedback?
Theme | Narrative example | Illustrative Quotes |
|---|---|---|
Reasons for poor participation with traditional feedback tools | Delay between teaching and the opportunity to give feedback | bF1: I can’t even remember the lecturer when I’m in the thing, let alone 3 months after. |
More convenient and less time-consuming to give thoughtless feedback | aM2: I find [with] the paper feedback, you usually tick all the boxes so you can leave early. bF1: The forms are the longest things…it takes 5 min to read the first page…and then 5 min to read each subsequent page. | |
No expectations on seeing changes that directly benefits the giver | bM1: We don’t like doing things we don’t gain anything from…. not going to benefit you directly. aM1: There’s no way for us in medical school to directly give feedback that can be changed in the same [academic] year. | |
Not having an extreme opinion about a teaching experience | aF1: I’ve only used SOLE when it’s something really negative |