Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education by David Boud

Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education by David Boud

This book critically examines assessment, what it achieves and argues that assessment should be seen as an act of informing judgement and proposes a way of integrating teaching, learning and assessment to prepare students for a lifetime of learning.

David Boud is Professor of Adult Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney. He has been Foundation Director of the Professional Development Centre, University of New South Wales and President of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia. He has written widely on teaching, learning and assessment in higher and professional education and workplace learning.

Nancy Falchikov is a psychologist by training and uses her discipline to help improve teaching and learning. She has taught in higher education for many years, and has conducted research into student involvement in assessment and peer learning. She has written widely on these subjects and is author of two books, Learning Together: Peer Tutoring in Higher Education and Improving Assessment through Student Involvement, both published by RoutledgeFalmer. She is presently a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Associate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology, Sydney.

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ISBN 13	9780415397797
ISBN 10	0415397790
Title	Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education
Author	David Boud
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2007-02-15
Number of pages	220
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