Meaningful assessment for 21st century learning
Title:
Meaningful assessment for 21st century learning
Author:
Warnich, Pieter, 1957- author, editor.
ISBN:
9780627036934
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Chapter 1. The changing landscape of assessment and 21st century teaching and learning expectations / Pieter Warnich -- Chapter 2. Assessment : exploring the territory / Anitia Lubbe & Elsa Mentz -- Chapter 3. Assessment within the South African curriculum context : societal issues and challenges / Shan Simmonds -- Chapter 4. The South African school curriculum and assessment / Maryna Reyneke & Byron Bunt -- Chapter 5. Stakeholders involved in the planning of meaningful and sustainable assessment / Maryna Reyneke & Pieter Warnich -- Chapter 6. Meaningful, challenging and engaging assessment in practice / Johann (J.M.) Dreyer -- Chapter 7. Meaningful assessment in problem-based learning : an example of active learning / Aubrey Golightly -- Chapter 8. Meaningful assessment for cooperative learning / Chantelle Bosch & Dorothy Laubscher -- Chapter 9. Blended learning and assessment / Chantelle Bosch, Christo van der Westhuizen & Maryke Mihai -- Chapter 10. Assessment in an inclusive education environment / Jean Fourie & Marinda Neethling -- Chapter 11. Assessment : a critical partner in early childhood education / Mariëtte Koen -- Chapter 12 -- Assessment in adult learning / Helen Meyer & Martin Combrinck -- Chapter 13. Making meaning of and using assessment results / Maryke Mihai
Abstract:
In today's rapidly changing world, a holistic and integrated approach to educational assessment -- and its interdependence with curriculum, teaching and learning -- is essential. In the delivery of 21st century knowledge and skills, educators will be challenged with issues such as what to teach, what and how learners need to learn, and how to assess their work accurately to measure richer and more meaningful learning and more complex tasks. Meaningful assessment for 21st century learning seeks to address different learning contexts and disciplines by exploring how education theory, methodologies and approaches influence assessment practices in the 21st century. Meaningful assessment for 21st century learning provides scholarly and scientific perspectives, covering topics such as blended learning, inclusive education, problem-based learning, cooperative learning, and early childhood and adult learning. It further provides guidance on how to interpret assessment results and how to plan meaningful and sustainable assessments. Meaningful assessment for 21st century learning is aimed at the broader educational community of scholars engaged in meaningful and effective educational assessment to promote 21st century skills.