This introductory unit is about the assessment of teaching practices, environment and student learning, across the school years. An important aspect of teaching learners with diverse needs is to understand the learner well. Students will learn the practical assessment processes of gathering and interpreting information for use by learners and their teachers, to decide where the learners are in their learning, what impacts on progress, where they need to go and how best to get there. The focus of this unit will be on assessment for learning rather than assessment of learning. Assessment for learning involves issues of self-reflection and self-assessment that allows teachers to make better... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Penny Round
