Pedagogical Self Assessment
Introduction
Rationale
Assessment is a key element to understanding how successful the teaching and learning process has been for both teacher and student.
Tummons (2007: 4) describes it simply when it applies to education and training: “if a learner is being assessed, then he or she is being tested.” It seems less commonly associated with how it aids teaching practice itself and how formative assessment can assist teachers in stimulating critical thinking in students and allowing them to discover concepts themselves and thus aid retention of information and develop analytical skills for use in the future. In promoting students own thinking and evaluating we promote student centred learning, an andragogical as opposed to a pedagogical …show more content…
Direct observation, also referred to as reactive observation is what most students being assessed by observation are subjected to. The disadvantage of this type of assessment is that it can result in the student reacting to the situation of being observed and cause them to not perform how they would or could. This is common in my workplace and, unless it is picked up on and can be corrected, often leads to reduction in confidence and the student becoming nervous and distracted. Driving tests are another more obvious example of this!
Observation is particularly relevant for work based assessment, an example being assessments in National Vocational Qualifications where this method provides positive evidence that learning has taken place. This method does require much planning and a good knowledge of the subject matter to be …show more content…
It is generally used the most in mainstream education and is summative. Examples of written assessment include essays and multiple choice exams. These assessments are usually under examination conditions and where essays are concerned can be very “time consuming to mark properly” and due to it being summative, “it may engender high degrees of anxiety, which may quite severely impair a students ability to give of her best” (Atherton, 2011). These are used in our initial call handler education where a formal multiple choice exam is conducted at the end of the course before the individual is allowed to take live calls using the various call handling platforms available to
Rationale
Assessment is a key element to understanding how successful the teaching and learning process has been for both teacher and student.
Tummons (2007: 4) describes it simply when it applies to education and training: “if a learner is being assessed, then he or she is being tested.” It seems less commonly associated with how it aids teaching practice itself and how formative assessment can assist teachers in stimulating critical thinking in students and allowing them to discover concepts themselves and thus aid retention of information and develop analytical skills for use in the future. In promoting students own thinking and evaluating we promote student centred learning, an andragogical as opposed to a pedagogical …show more content…
Direct observation, also referred to as reactive observation is what most students being assessed by observation are subjected to. The disadvantage of this type of assessment is that it can result in the student reacting to the situation of being observed and cause them to not perform how they would or could. This is common in my workplace and, unless it is picked up on and can be corrected, often leads to reduction in confidence and the student becoming nervous and distracted. Driving tests are another more obvious example of this!
Observation is particularly relevant for work based assessment, an example being assessments in National Vocational Qualifications where this method provides positive evidence that learning has taken place. This method does require much planning and a good knowledge of the subject matter to be …show more content…
It is generally used the most in mainstream education and is summative. Examples of written assessment include essays and multiple choice exams. These assessments are usually under examination conditions and where essays are concerned can be very “time consuming to mark properly” and due to it being summative, “it may engender high degrees of anxiety, which may quite severely impair a students ability to give of her best” (Atherton, 2011). These are used in our initial call handler education where a formal multiple choice exam is conducted at the end of the course before the individual is allowed to take live calls using the various call handling platforms available to