Why Peer Critiqued and Reviewed?
Through writing, our ideas have been exactly defined and can be further refined and evaluated, by ourselves and others, through the review and critique of our colleagues in writing workshops, at conferences, and in journals. We get the needed feedback to subject our work to the same intellectual rigor that we expect of our students. The comments of peers provide the objective viewpoint to allow us to clarify and create excellence in our work, and to further examine, understand, and improve our own thinking. In addition, our conversations with our colleagues on our work and ideas not only improves them, but leads to new thoughts, creating a fertile atmosphere for intellectual thought.
