ERIC Number: EJ1180223
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 20
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An Assessment Innovation as Flywheel for Changing Teaching and Learning
Gulikers, Judith T. M.; Runhaar, Piety; Mulder, Martin
Journal of Vocational Education and Training, v70 n2 p212-231 2018
This contribution shows an example of how an assessment innovation can serve as a flywheel for changing teaching and learning. This article first explains the development of an authentic, competence-based performance assessment in pre-vocational secondary education (pre-VET). Using these assessments in "pre"-VET, that is preparatory to VET, is important for motivating students for a future in VET. Second, in an action research 34 teacher teams of 11 pre-VET institutions implement the new assessment, supported by researchers and teacher coaches, to illuminate how it motivates students, prepares them for VET, and influences teaching and learning. Data from 76 teachers, 68 students, 24 teacher coaches and 3 researchers showed how implementing these assessments raised questions about changing educational content and pedagogy to fit a competence-based approach. Increasing teachers' expectations of students, changing student-teacher interaction patterns, and developing teachers' practical understanding of competencies and how they can be observed and discussed in assessments are some of the intriguing challenges that require further support for proper implementation of competence-based assessments and developing an aligned competence-based teaching and learning process.
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Innovation, Educational Change, Test Construction, Competence, Performance Based Assessment, Vocational Education, Secondary Education, Action Research, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Knowledge Level, Teacher Competencies, Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Attitude Measures, Semi Structured Interviews, Student Motivation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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