Effective Assessment for Effective Learning

Course aim

To critique and contribute to contemporary understanding of effective assessment, evaluation and managing learning, and to build advanced insight into the development learning communities that are ethically, socially and professionally sustainable in a lifelong learning perspective.

Course content

Students will conceptually explore the contested (inter-)relationship between learning and effectiveness as a complex socio-cultural and historical process exemplified by a number of case studies: testing, feedback and the use and interpretation of results gathered and disseminated on different levels (classroom, school, national and international), self-evaluation and judgment practices including moderation (school, teacher and student), the classroom as a complex ecology rather than simply a behavouristic arena for order, punishment and clinical teaching; enacting humane behaviour practices to manage learning environments.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 5240	The Networked Educator
EDUC 5238	New Pedagogy Studies: Frontiers and Provocations

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	6 hours per day x 3 days
Online lecture and workshop	2 hours x 6 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online activities)	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.