Rethinking authentic assessment: work, well–being, and society by Jan McArthur

In this 2022 paper, Jan McArthur builds on “existing work on authentic assessment to develop a more holistic and richer concept that will be more beneficial to individual students and to the larger society of which they are part.” McArthur presents three key principles to help us rethink and broaden the concept of authentic assessment: 1) From real world/world of work to society; 2) From task performance to why we value the task; 3) From the status‑quo of real‑world/world of work to transforming society. If you are short on time, you might want to jump straight to page 8 where discussion of these three principles begins:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-022-00822-y

Abigail Ball : 22 Jun 2023 09:00 |  Tags: Assessment Authenticity Jan Mcarthur Teaching |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem