Assessment and Data

EDU80013 12.5 Credit Points Hawthorn, Online Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students

Duration

  • One Semester or equivalent
     

Contact hours

  • On-campus: 12 hours Face to face+Blended, Swinburne online – Fully online

On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.

2021 teaching periods

Hawthorn

Higher Ed. Semester 2

Dates:
2 Aug 21 - 31 Oct 21

Results:
7 Dec 21

Last self enrolment:
15 Aug 21

Census:
31 Aug 21

Last withdraw without fail:
17 Sep 21
More teaching periods

Swinburne Online

Teaching Period 2

Dates:
5 Jul 21 - 3 Oct 21

Results:
26 Oct 21

Last self enrolment:
18 Jul 21

Census:
30 Jul 21

Last withdraw without fail:
20 Aug 21

Prerequisites

Complete 62.5 cp of EDU  units
 
AND Either
One of: EDU60015 Supervised Professional Experience 1, EDU60044 Supervised Professional Experience 1
OR
One of: EDU70015 Supervised Practicum 1, EDU70016 Supervised Professional Experience 2

Aims and objectives

In this unit students will consider the principles and theory of effective assessment for student learning and examine contexts in which assessments take place. They will examine a range of assessment practices and strategies and how they relate to teaching and learning in a variety of contexts and the use of data to inform planning. Students will examine key issues confronting education and education policy makers, exploring a range of influences on contemporary education policy such as the role of data, and the place of National and global organisations in the policy making process. Students will also explore feedback principles, recording and reporting practices.

Unit Learning Outcomes: Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Critically examine the broader social, theoretical and political contexts in which assessment practices reside.
2. Create a range of assessment plans using a variety of strategies for different discipline areas that adhere to the general principles of assessment and reporting.
3. Critically compare a range of assessment strategies in terms of their purpose, benefits, limitations and implementation constraints.
4. Design a range of record keeping instruments and summarise the importance of record keeping in assessment practices.
5. Critically evaluate principles and strategies for reporting student achievement.
6. Interpret and use assessment data to plan targeted teaching activities.
 
From 2022
1. Critically evaluate the purposes and types of data used by schools and broader educational bodies, at the state, national and global levels
2. Use high level of critical and creative thinking to investigate and represent complex local and global issues using digital representations ethically and professionally
3. Analyse and interpret assessment data to make informed judgments on student learning and well-being and to provide purposeful feedback and reports
4. Design valid, reliable and effective test items and record-keeping
5. Critically examine the role of moderation to make comparable judgments of student learning that effectively integrate discipline specific knowledge
 

Courses with unit

MA-TEAPRI2 Master of Teaching (Primary)
MA-TEAPRI3 Master of Teaching (Primary)
MA-TEASC Master of Teaching (Secondary)