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Module Aims and/or Objectives: This module aims to explore the concept of Assessment for Learning (AfL) and its implications for classroom practice. We will be addressing fundamental questions such as 鈥榳hat is assessment?鈥� and 鈥榳hat is learning?鈥�, 鈥榟ow can assessment support learning?鈥�, and 鈥榳hat is the role of teachers, students, and peers in supporting learning?鈥�, and 鈥榟ow can AfL promote social justice?鈥�. Although we will explore different approaches to conceptualising, implementing, practising, and facilitating assessment for learning, the goal is not to equip students with the 鈥榯ricks of the trade鈥� but to support them to think deeply and critically about the fundamental principles that underpin AfL practice, and in doing so reflect on their own engagement with AfL in the classroom.听听
Indicative Topics: Assessment process and functions; the relationship between teaching, learning, and assessment; the big 5 AfL strategies: co-constructing learning intentions and success criteria, classroom dialogue, feedback, peer- and self- assessment; role of teachers and learners; assessment literacy; assessment and social-justice.听
Teaching and learning: The taught element of the module runs for 11 consecutive weeks in term 3, with 1 reading week. In total there will be 10 weeks of focused teaching and learning activities. We follow a blended approach to teaching and learning, which means that students will be engaging in a live f2f weekly session together with online pre- and post-session activities (which run throughout the week). Students are expected to engage in 8-10 hours of teaching and learning related activities, per week.听 We use AfL strategies in our teaching and discuss them as part of the pedagogical approach both during the f2f sessions and online.听
Recommended reading: Heritage, M. and Harrison, C., 2019. The Power of Assessment for Learning: Twenty Years of Research and Practice in UK and US Classrooms. Corwin.听
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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