Faculty Feedback to Students: Help or Harm?

A primary responsibility of educators is to facilitate their students' learning. They are entrusted with students' academic growth, so they must utilize all "tools" in their proverbial educator "toolkit" to ensure that students in their classes grow and develop academically. Providing appropriately written feedback is crucial when it comes to accomplishing this objective. Unfortunately, many new educators (and some experienced ones) lack the training and mentorship necessary to write effective student feedback, and so, although their feedback is well-intentioned, it might serve to harm instead of benefit their students. "Faculty Feedback to Students- Help or Harm?" provides new and experienced educators with examples of negative and positive student feedback. The book consists of two sections. The first section addresses discussion board scenarios, and the second addresses written assignments. The student's response, peer responses, an example of negative and positive faculty feedback, and commentary on the faculty feedback are provided for each discussion board scenario. Each written assignment includes detailed instructions for completion, examples of negative and positive faculty feedback, and an analysis of the feedback given. Each chapter ends with blank "Faculty Notes Pages" where educators can write pertinent information from the chapter as they deem necessary. The author, a nurse educator, focuses on health-related discussions and assignments. Nonetheless, this publication applies to educators across all disciplines, as providing effective feedback to students is the responsibility of all educators, irrespective of their field of expertise. I hope you will find this book helpful!