Assessment and Evaluation - EDSTPS7401
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Education
Contact: Dr Kerry Barnett
Program: 7401 - Education
Award(s):
Graduate Certificate in Education (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
A specialist professional development program designed to address increasing demands to explore, critique and contribute to the study of assessment and evaluation. The program will provide an opportunity to explore the context, purpose, and role of assessment and evaluation as well as contemporary issues in relevant theory and practice through a range of courses covering assessment, measurement, assessment for learning, testing, educational evaluation, policy and research methodologies.
Graduate Attributes
At the end of the stream, students should have acquired all of the following graduate attributes:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of education as it relates to their specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership
- Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field
Stream Structure
The program consists of four courses (24 units of credit) from the following list of courses in assessment and evaluation:
In certain circumstances students may be permitted to take another EDST course instead of one of the above courses - please see Program Convenor for details.
