Essay plan

1. Learning and Assessment Module
Assignment Guidelines: ‘Reflective Account’
“The Assignmentrequiresthe studenttosystematicallyanalyserelevantacademic,policyand
practice sourcesand conclude withissuesraisedinrelationtothe student’s learningandassessment
practice in an educationsetting.”
4000 words
The Assignmentmust addressthe Module LearningOutcomes:
1. Demonstrate acritical understandingof currentfactors,problemsandchallengesin
approachesto learningandassessmentin education.
2. Criticallyevaluate theoriesof learningandassessmentandtranslate intoworkable
strategiestodevelopeducationpractice inthisarea.
3. Effectivelycommunicate keyconceptsandideastopeerandstudentaudience.
4. Demonstrate areflectiveapproachtoimprovinglearningandassessmentpractice in
orderto developnewideastoprovidemore effective learningandassessment
strategies.
SuggestedStructure
What is learning?
 Surface and DeepLearning
 LearningTheorists - whichof these resonate withyourownpractice?
 Fightvs Flight- whyisthisrelevanttoour classrooms?
 Gardner - Multiple intelligences
 Claxton- the 4 Rs - howwe get studentstolearn
What is assessment?
 Why dowe assess?
 Typesof assessment (diagnostic/summative/formative)
 ‘AssessingwithoutLevels’ –howschoolshave adaptedtothis challenge?
 Difference betweenAssessmentof LearningandAssessmentforLearning
Applicationof research/theoryin own educationcontext
 Questionnaires
o Aims– who/whathave you investigated andwhy?
o Results – whatdo yourfindingssuggest?
 Assessmenttask
o What didyou planto do?(Multiple Intelligences/SuccessCriteria)
o What didyou find?
o How didthe collaborative approachaffectthe outcome?
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