Assessment: Getting it Right in a Week by Martin Fautley

Assessment: Getting it Right in a Week by Martin Fautley

With the increasing emphasis on assessment being used for high-stakes testing of pupils, school evaluation, and teacher efficacy measures, there is a lot at stake for teachers. This straightforward and easy to access book demystifies the processes of assessment, provides practical strategies around assessment and emphasizes that it is your assessments as a teacher that are most likely to achieve learning gains for your pupils. Designed to be read over a week, the book is divided into seven chapters, each detailing clear strategies, examining the strategy in action and summarising the relevant underpinning theory. (Series: Getting it Right in a Week) Subject: UK Education]

 

Professor Martin Fautley is director of research in the school of education and social work at Birmingham City University. He has a wealth of experience in music education, both in terms of pedagogy, and of music education research. After enjoying many years as a classroom music teacher, he then undertook full-time Doctoral research working across the education and music faculties at Cambridge University, investigating teaching, learning, and assessment of classroom music making, with a focus on composing as a classroom activity. He is widely known for his work on researching assessment in the classroom, but also researches understandings of musical learning and progression (especially in the novice stages), composing, and creativity. He regularly undertakes research and evaluation projects in the field of music education.

Alison Daubney is a senior teaching fellow in education at the University of Sussex.  She is an experienced teacher, researcher, mentor, teacher educator and workshop leader across formal and non-formal education.  Alison has worked extensively on international assessment and curriculum development with the University of Cambridge International Examinations.  In 2008 she was awarded a PhD from the University of Surrey, Roehampton. Her research is widely published and relates to assessment, technology, musical engagement of children in challenging circumstances and anxiety in performance domains.  

Susan Wallace is Emeritus Professor of Education at Nottingham Trent University where, for many years, part of her role was to support learning on the initial training courses for teachers in the FE sector.  She has researched and published extensively on education, training and management of behaviour, and is a popular keynote speaker at conferences. Her particular interests are in mentoring and the motivation and behaviour of students.

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ISBN 13	9781911106302
ISBN 10	1911106309
Title	Assessment: Getting it Right in a Week
Author	Martin Fautley
Series	Getting It Right In A Week
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Critical Publishing Ltd
Year published	2017-09-27
Number of pages	88
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.