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Formative assessment for development
While reading an article by Qi Wu and Tansy Jessop on ‘Formative assessment: Missing in action in both research-intensive and teaching-focused universities?’, I felt the importance of formative assessment was lost in transition. I should admit – I have learned the importance…
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Listening to the voices of voiceless
How can we include the voices of voiceless people? This question ‘popped up’ while I was reading Christine Hockings’ article on ‘Hearing voices, creating spaces: the craft of the ‘artisan teacher’ in a higher education system’. I am sure you can assume…
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Assessing assessments
I just finished a project on diversity and started to write a report – the report on assessment. Knowing diversity (as a whole) and understanding its impact on the teaching and learning process was a fantastic exposure. ‘Making sense’ was my finding…
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Assessment: A tool to measure success
The term ‘assessment’ could be new for many, but it is embedded quite well in the education sector. From school to higher education, it is a way of measuring performance. Even though there are a number of different ways of measuring achievement,…
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Making sense of belonging
While reading an extract from Strayhorn (2016) on ‘Transitions to Higher Education – In search of belonging’, many questions were queuing up in my mind. The most striking included the belongingness of what — culture, organisation or sector? Where does that belongingness…
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Understanding ‘space’ in the context of teaching
The term ‘space’ has taken on a deeper meaning for me after reading the article ‘Space frontiers for new pedagogies: A tale of constraints and possibilities’ by Tansy Jessop, Laura Gubby and Angela Smith. It made me question whether space refers to…
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The old education system in new-era
RSAnimate’s video (Ken Robinson) on ‘public education’ encourages us to think about the current education system. It acknowledges the current education system and its roots. The current education system was developed during the Industrial Revolution. So, education had something to do with…
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Preparing students to learn
I stopped on the second paragraph while reading the article — Small Changes in teaching: The First Five Minutes — by James Lang. In this paragraph, he recalls the message from the teaching guru, Ken Bain. Ken claims that the first sentence…
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