Assessment reform in science : fairness and fear

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    • Yung, Benny H. W.
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Assessment reform in science : fairness and fear

by Benny H.W. Yung

(Science & technology education library, v. 31)

Springer, c2007

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-286) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The conclusions and recommendations made in this book are derived from a study of ten teachers in Hong Kong as they tried to change their practice following a reform of the Hong Kong assessment system. Hong Kong is simply a context that provided the opportunity to gather very rich and informative data on issues pertaining to assessment reforms which also have very wide implications in many countries' contexts. The text is written in a lucid and easy-to-read style.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Peter Fensham. Foreword by Derek Hodson. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. The assessment reform. 3. Teachers' enactment of the reform. 4. Alan-the students' companion. 5. Bob-the teacher with a mission. 6. Carl-the teacher committed to all-round education. 7. Dawn-the evolving teacher. 8. Eddy-the money-hunter. 9. Hugo-the examiner of a driving test. 10. Ivor-the police fears to be scolded by his superior. 11. John-the examination-driven teacher. 12. Looking across the cases-a preliminary analysis. 13. Three views of fairness. 14. Teacher professionalism and policy interpretation. 15. Ways of seeing and ways of enacting. Appendix A: A study transversing three bodies of literature. Appendix B: Reflecting on the research methodology. References. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA86376535
  • ISBN
    • 1402058837
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 293 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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