Your ONE goal before 8 April: Complete 3 peer reviews in Peergrade

Once you have submitted your situation analysis in Peergrade, you will be assigned three peers' work to peer review.

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Why does peer review matter?

Hear Reda explain below why this week of peer review is the most important one for you in this peer learning exercise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yLksdv82lc

Peer review is an important responsibility that we are entrusting to each other in the Movement.

Your colleagues will NOT be able to complete the exercise without your help.

They depend on you for feedback to improve – as you depend on them.

Do your best to honor this mutual commitment and finish your three peer reviews before the deadline.

How to give high-quality feedback

Golden rule for peer review: Write your feedback in the way that you would like to receive feedback yourself.

Have you taken the time to carefully read and fully understand the peer's work? Why have you given a particular rating, but not others? Explain your rating. What specific and constructive suggestions can you give to help them improve? What personal experience and insights can you share? What resources can be useful to the peer?

Vague statements such as “I like the way you wrote this” (WHY?) or “This is too short, can you say more” (WHAT exactly?) are less useful than specific, constructive inputs.

Look at the work from a position of strength and how it can be improved rather than from a position of weakness and why it does not work. Comment on the assignment rather than the author – it is the assignment you are critiquing, not the author.

Offer your feedback as a humble suggestion for their consideration rather than it being the truth – what may be true for you may not be true for your author. Other reviewers will be offering different views and opinions so the person receiving your review of their work will have the option of selecting the suggestions that they find most helpful.

Read your feedback before posting it and ask yourself how you would feel receiving this feedback. If your critique seems harsh, for example, it may cause upset and be less likely to be taken up constructively.

Imagine your feedback as a gift from one practitioner to another – and offer it with warmth and genuine commitment to their work and professional development.

In the comments below, share with peers how you plan to complete your three peer reviews before Friday this week.