Lindsey McEwen Lindsey.Mcewen@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Environmental Management
Engaging employers as partners in work-based learning assessment: Proposal for a quality enhancement framework
McEwen, L.; Mason O�Connor, Kristine; Williams, Christine; Higson, Helen
Authors
Kristine Mason O�Connor
Christine Williams
Helen Higson
Abstract
This paper seeks to advance research and practice related to the role of employers in all stages of the assessment process of workbased learning (WBL) within a tripartite relationship of higher education institution (HEI), student and employer. It proposes a research-informed quality enhancement framework to develop good practice in engaging employers as partners in assessment. The Enhancement Framework comprises three dimensions, each of which includes elements and questions generated by the experiences of WBL students, HEI staff and employers. The three dimensions of the Enhancement Framework are:
1. ‘premises of assessment’ encompassing issues of learning,
inclusion, standards and value;
2. ‘practice’, encompassing stages of assessment made up of course design, assessment task, responsibilities, support, grading and feedback;
3. ‘communication of assessment’ with the emphasis on role clarity, language and pathways.
With its prompt questions, the Enhancement Framework may be used as a capacity-building tool for promoting, sustaining, benchmarking and evaluating productive dialogue and critical reflection about assessment between WBL partners. The paper concludes by emphasising the need for professional development as well as policy and research development, so that assessment in WBL can more closely correspond to the potentially transformative nature of the
learning experience.
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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Conference Name | 11th British Hydrological Society National Hydrology Symposium |
Start Date | Jul 9, 2012 |
End Date | Jul 11, 2012 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2012 |
Journal | 11th British Hydrological Society National Hydrology Symposium |
Print ISSN | 1742-240X |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 62-89 |
Keywords | work-based learning assessment |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/954669 |
Publisher URL | http://insight.glos.ac.uk/tli/resources/lathe/Pages/LATHEIssue4-2.aspx |
Additional Information | Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 11th British Hydrological Society National Hydrology Symposium |
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