| Unit name | Assessment and Evaluation |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MEEDM0026 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Dr. Scheeres |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of Theory and Practice of Teaching and Learning |
| Co-requisites |
To be actively engaged in the assessment of learners and the evaluation of the student’s own and/or others’ teaching. |
| School/department | Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This unit will introduce learners to assessment and to theories and methodologies relating to assessment of and feedback to learners. It will consider how assessment plays a key role in learning as well as reviewing the social role of assessment, and motivation/personality as it relates to educational assessment. It will address more recent theory and practice on workplace based assessment, as well as values based assessment of such qualities as professional attitudes, including selection methods. In addition, the unit aims to improve participants’ skill at identifying and using sensitive and sensible tools for the evaluation of teaching.
There will be a mixed method approach consistent with current best practice. This will include presentations by course tutors, large and small group discussions, workshops and teamwork, paired activities, presentations by participants with structured feedback, demonstrations and work-based learning.
Assessment will entail the production of varied texts and/or items in other media, contributing to an overarching, programme-level portfolio assessment, employing the concept of the ‘patchwork text’.
Each unit will have required items and types of texts to be produced at stated times within the framework of the unit and others will stretch across the entire Certificate permitting learners to demonstrate how they are connecting key concepts and synthesising the material. This provides a more appropriate assessment for the development of understanding and skills in a course where reflection on progress parallels a critical approach to theory.
Formative assessment includes reflective writing.
This unit:
Formative assessment: writing and critiquing assessments with reference to theory; researching and presenting evaluation methods; feedback from peers and tutor.
Summative assessment: written assignment(s) totalling 2,800 words (or equivalent). This totals 100% of final grade for the module.
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