COD 2007 - S271

Assessment: A tool for improving teaching and learning

Middle/Senior School Teachers and Heads.

2 sessions, start: 28-Aug

Course detail

Year: 2007
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Carlos A. González MA
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ARS 60.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 28 August 2007 06:00 pm 08:30 pm
2 04 September 2007 06:00 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Carlos A. González

Carlos A. González holds a Master’s degree of Arts in Education, University of Bath (UK), and is a teacher of English graduated from ISP “Joaquín V. González”. He has a wide professional experience in several institutions at primary, secondary, tertiary and university level as teacher, teacher trainer, coordinator and head teacher. He has published books on school management and assessment, and has adapted textbooks for EFL. He is a Speaking Examiner for Cambridge English examinations and for English Language at IGCSE and AICE level. At present he is the Headmaster at Barker College and lecturer on Assessment in the postgraduate course for teachers at Universidad de San Andrés.
Middle/Senior School Teachers and Heads.
Learning Outcomes: - Reflect on own understanding of assessment and personal practices in middle/senior school; - Review the purposes, modes and impacts of assessment practices; - Value assessment practices for the promotion of effective teaching and learning; - Transfer new views on assessment to professional practices.
- Actual and hidden meanings of assessment. - Purposes, Modes and Impacts. - Assessment and Theories of Learning. - Formative Assessment. Summative Assessment. Friends or foes? - Feedback & Feedforward. - Assessment Instruments. - Assessment Criteria.
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