Assessment for Learning: From Theory to Practice - EDST5443
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Education
Course Outline: School of Education Course Outlines
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Enrolment in one of the following Education programs 1970, 2354, 2359, 7960, 8910, 8926, or 8960
CSS Contribution Charge: 1* (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
This course explores the underlying philosophy and rationale for assessment for learning, and the key approaches and problems in the implementation of such classroom-based assessment, inclusing the implicatsons for the role of the teacher-as-assessor, the nature of effective feedback, how to involve students in self and peer assessment, and the conflicts between such assessment systems and those emphasizing large scale testing for student selection and/or school accountability.