Educational Objectives and National Assessment - Couverture rigide

Butterfield, Sue

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0335194192 ISBN 13 : 9780335194193

Editeur : Open University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Changes in assessment are at the heart of government policy for change in the UK. The GCSE, the National Curriculum and National Vocational Qualifications seek to make the progress of individuals more measurable - in order to make education professionals more accountable. These changes create a preciarous balance - between the promise of better opportunity for students and a system of centralized control which could be stifling for teachers and learners alike. This book takes an overall view of the technical claims made for improvements in assessment, alongside the policy agenda within which the changes are introduced. It highlights the dangers of taking a fragmented view - and allowing a competitive system and league tables to be based on information which may be technically shaky. The alternatives to mechanistic, objectives-driven models of control appear to be a re-assertion of the professional role in education. However, arguments for professional power have to be carefully weighed against the need for learner empowerment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0335194192
• ISBN 13: 9780335194193
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible