Assessment reform in science : fairness and fear
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Assessment reform in science : fairness and fear
(Science & technology education library, v. 31)
Springer, c2007
- : pbk
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Kagawa
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  Kochi
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  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
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  Okinawa
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Note
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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