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Assessing the Assessors: Authentic Online Assessment of Students of School Counselling Conclusions

المؤلف:  Marilyn A Campbell & Denise Frost & Joanna Logan

المصدر:  Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment

الجزء والصفحة:  P452-C37

2025-08-21

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Assessing the Assessors: Authentic Online Assessment of Students of School Counselling

Conclusions

The results of this project have demonstrated the power of assessment to influence students' learning, supporting many other researchers who view assessment as a way to learn, rather than just as a measure of obtaining a grade (Ramsden, 1992; Biggs, 1996; Dochy & McDowell, 1997).

An interesting point in this project was to consider that if university teaching is to be leading edge and constructively critical of the workplace culture, then it will not always be possible to use assessment tasks which exactly mimic workplace practice, since this will work against any change in professional practice. Therefore assessment by exact duplication of tasks in the actual workplace may not always be the most appropriate option. This is true even in areas of professional practice, where generally best practices are agreed upon and indicators of success are shared both by academics and practicing counsellors. In the case of this project, the notion of "authentic" assessment was therefore simulated through the development of a hypothetical case study, and not through situating the assessment in an actual school environment.