Assessing the Assessors: Authentic Online Assessment of Students of School Counselling

The principles of assessment in higher education mirror those in all levels of education in that assessment is informed by learning and teaching theories or paradigms. However, in higher education, assessment affects how learners learn even more than in other levels of education (Atkins et al., 1993; McMahon, 1999). Assessment paradigms are often discussed in terms of traditional assessment versus alternative assessment (Anderson, 1998). Traditional assessment views the purpose of evaluation as documenting student learning. This in turn is based on viewing students as passive recipients of knowledge who often adopt a surface approach to learning. The role of teaching is thus to deliver this knowledge (Speck, 2002). On the other hand, alternative assessment views students as inquirers into knowledge, who are active, deep learners, collaborating and using higher level thinking skills (Gulikers et al., 2004).

One of the most important of the assessment principles for enhancing learning is the concept of alignment. That is, the alignment of objectives, teaching practices, learning activities and assessment (Biggs, 2003). Teaching, learning and assessment must be tightly integrated, because as Ramsden (1992) emphasizes, "from our students' point of view, the assessment always defines the actual curriculum" (p.187).

Another principle is that assessment needs to be authentic to enhance learning, especially when preparing students for professional roles. The assessment should integrate the learning from various parts of the unit in order that students can demonstrate the interplay of knowledge, process and skills required in their future professional life. There also needs to be a strong integration of formative and summative evaluation.

We explore the assessment for school counsellors, based on constructivist theories, which shifts the focus from a 'testing' culture to an 'assessment' culture where there is an integration of assessment, teaching and learning, involving students in authentic tasks.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

وفد العتبة العباسية المقدسة يهنئ الأمين العام للعتبة الكاظمية المقدسة بمناسبة تعيينه

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تنظم دورة في الإسعافات الأولية لعدد من ملاكاتها

في مستشفى الكفيل.. فريق طبي ينجح بمعالجة مسن يعاني من انسداد القناة الصفراوية

المجمع العلمي يقيم جلسةً قرآنية لتعليم أحكام التلاوة في النجف الأشرف

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

الأطعمة الحارة.. "سر صغير" يغير صحة قلبك وعقلك

وباء صامت.. الملايين حول العالم مصابون بالسكري دون أن يعلموا !

لماذا ينصح بتناول تفاحة يوميا؟

8 فواكه طبيعية تمنحك نوما هنيئا.. وتخلصك من الأرق

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

ثلاث علامات على وجود مشاكل خطيرة في محرك السيارة ؟

ماذا نعرف عن اللقاح الروسي ضد السرطان؟

مركبة فضاء تعثر على دليل عن وجود حياة قديمة على المريخ

لتدريب الذكاء الاصطناعي.. الصين تخطط لإنشاء شبكة حوسبة موحدة

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Reinforcing Effort

REINFORCING EFFORT AND PROVIDING RECOGNITION

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Summary

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Classroom Example

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Classroom Recommendations

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Generalizations from Classroom Instruction That Works

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Practice

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE Classroom Example

Adapting Homework to the Stages of Language Acquisition

Classroom Recommendations

Generalizations from Classroom Instruction That Works

HOME WORK AND PRACTICE Homework