Category: MY TEACHING JOURNEY
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(pt1) What is the best way of assessing students’ performance on a ten-week short course at Level 4?
What are the relative merits and demerits of an essay at the end of the course and more than one method of formative assessment throughout the course? Assessing students’ performance in a ten-week short course at Level 4 (which often corresponds to the first year of higher education in many frameworks) requires a method that…
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“Academic Stewardship”
The term often used to describe the commitment of universities to continue teaching less popular subjects, for the sake of maintaining academic rigour and integrity, is “academic stewardship.” This concept embodies the responsibility of higher education institutions to preserve and transmit knowledge across all fields of study, irrespective of their current popularity or direct utility…
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