Episode 13: Peer Review Goals

In this episode, Paige and Margaret ask themselves, "Is peer review not sexy?" We consider our goals for peer review in the literature classroom and discover that peer review is useful for building critical thinking, engaged reading, and higher-level writing skills. Yes, peer reviews serve some technical purposes in the class and we cover that ground, but peer reviews can do so much more! We discuss how peer reviews help our students build an academic community by sharing their own work and experience with their fellow students. Paige and Margaret also dive into how developing these editorial skills equip our students to better respond to scholars and theorists as they become literary critics themselves. Peer reviews might not be the most glamorous topic, but we share why we think they are essential for any literature class.