Transforming Assessment in Education
The Hidden World of Language Games
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Beschreibung
This book transforms our current understanding of assessment practice in different educational settings and cultures. Drawing upon the resources of language games and critical realism the authors argue for an innovative engagement with the philosophical, theoretical and practical foundations of assessment. What is the connection between learning, motivation and assessment? Is assessment for learning a motorway or a blind alley for improved learning outcomes? How can creativity be assessed through the eyes of the connoisseur? How can assessment cultures be understood as forms of life and language games? Do new forms of society transform our assessment practices? A critical appreciation of the work of Royce Sadler is offered for assessment specialists.
This book transforms our current understanding of assessment practice in different educational settings and cultures. Drawing upon the resources of language games and critical realism the authors argue for an innovative engagement with the philosophical, theoretical and practical foundations of assessment. What is the connection between learning, motivation and assessment? Is assessment for learning a motorway or a blind alley for improved learning outcomes? How can creativity be assessed through the eyes of the connoisseur? How can assessment cultures be understood as forms of life and language games? Do new forms of society transform our assessment practices? A critical appreciation of the work of Royce Sadler is offered for assessment specialists.
Compellingly arguments to move our current thinking about formative assessment into new directions Provides detailed descriptions of innovative conceptual advances in assessment theory and practice Builds a brigde to a deeper understanding of explanations of assessment
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Stephen Roderick Dobson
Themen in »Transforming Assessment in Education«
Culture of formative assessment Assessment and psychometrics Capital Language games Critical realism Formative assessment Assessment for learning Student assessment IQ test PISA test Bourdieu Wittgenstein Language games of assessment Assessment, learning and motivation Assessment cultures in institutions