Moments in Transformation: Newly Qualified Lifelong Learning Teachers’ Reconceptualization of Assessment in Practice ()
ABSTRACT
This study aims to establish the time and process of transformation in
the understanding and practice of beginner teachers in their assessment
practice. It investigates the pre- and post-training conceptualisations of assessment amongst recently qualified teachers in the lifelong learning
sector in the UK. Using the lens of transformative learning, it maps out the
relevant processes, factors and time in re-conceptualisation. The study employed a
combination of statistical tools and content analysis for data analysis. It
found that the dominant pre-training conceptualisation of assessment was in its summative essence and that re-conceptualization is
dynamic and occurred mostly during practice through participatory rather than
chronological experience. The study calls for a review of the structure and
content of assessment education beyond training programmes.
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Ade-Ojo, G. and Duckworth, V. (2020) Moments in Transformation: Newly Qualified Lifelong Learning Teachers’ Reconceptualization of Assessment in Practice.
Creative Education,
11, 2477-2497. doi:
10.4236/ce.2020.1111182.
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