Assessment of Learning

Assessment of Learning
Author: Wynne Harlen
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2007-10-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1446223124

This book takes a critical look at how students′ achievements are assessed for a range of purposes, from reporting progress to selection and qualification. It considers the relationship between what is taught, and how, and what and how learning outcomes are assessed. The impact of using assessment results for setting targets and evaluation of provision for learning is also discussed. The pros and cons of using tests and examinations and alternatives based on the judgments of teachers are considered in terms of four key criteria: validity, reliability, impact and required resources. Evidence from research and examples of current practice in different countries within and outside the UK support the case for making more and better use of teachers′ judgments in assessment of learning. In this way assessment of learning (summative assessment) can be compatible with assessment for learning (formative assessment).

Contemporary Approaches To Research On Learning Environments: Worldviews

Contemporary Approaches To Research On Learning Environments: Worldviews
Author: Darrell Fisher
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2006-05-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9814479306

Learning environment research has undergone considerable growth in the past thirty years and has now reached a stage of notable diversity and internationalization. Earlier studies often used questionnaires to assess learning environments, but today both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used. Many contemporary studies are a productive combination of these two approaches.This volume brings together prominent educators and researchers from around the world to share their contemporary research on educational learning environments. The chapters provide information on recent trends and developments and effective applications of different methods to improve teaching and learning. The book will be a critical and specialized source that describes recent advances in learning environment studies across all continents. The contributors come from Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, and the USA.

Use of Language Across the Secondary Curriculum

Use of Language Across the Secondary Curriculum
Author: Eve Bearne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134709498

Educational policy is becoming more concerned with the need to ensure that people leave school or college fully literate. We need good oral communicators in the workplace, and being able to understand and respond to different kinds of language is vital in today's society. Included here is a detailed and highly readable account of the ways in which language affects every aspect of study - it crosses all subject boundaries, yet it is commonly seen as the sole responsibility of the English teacher to manage this area of the curriculum. The first section of the book looks at the ideology behind language, while the second section considers how schools and local authorities have tackled improving levels of literacy. The third section is concerned with practical advice on how to teach language most successfully, irrespective of subject. Latter sections focus on developing a critical eye, and supporting pupils who have particular needs.

Teaching Music in Secondary Schools

Teaching Music in Secondary Schools
Author: Gary Spruce
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780415262347

This series brings together a range of articles, extracts from books and reports that inform an understanding of secondary schools in today's educational climate.

Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School

Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School
Author: David Balderstone
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134730136

Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School provides intending and practising teachers of geography with the practical skills to design, teach and evaluate varied and exciting lessons. It also helps them to acquire a deeper understanding of geography's role, purpose and potential in secondary education. The book explores how teachers may use geography as a vehicle for preparing pupils for uncertain environmental, cultural, social and economic futures.

Coordinating Physical Education Across the Primary School

Coordinating Physical Education Across the Primary School
Author: Carole Raymond
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2005-11-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135712751

A book to promote the talents of teachers and help them explore and share their skills. All aspects of Subject Leadership are covered in the five parts of the book: * the role of the PE Coordinator * what the PE Coordinator needs to know * whole school policies and schemes of work * monitoring for Quality * resources for teaching and learning. Case studies provide ideas on best practice and material to be used for reflection is drawn from schools, practising coordinators, OFSTED inspectors, advisers and teacher-educators.

Challenges for Educational Research

Challenges for Educational Research
Author: Jean Rudduck
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Challenges in Educational Research considers the quality and usefulness of educational research, using 2 reports that have recently been published as a starting point. Well-known academics expand the arguments beyond the reports themselves.