In chapter 10, Damian Cooper discusses the implementation of change in an education system. First, he provides 2 questions that teachers should ask themselves. 1) “What do my assessment practices need to look like to help all students learn?” 2) “How can I change my assessment practices in ways that save me time, as well as improve student learning?” (pg. 227.) These questions help teachers to identify the things that they need to improve, as well as areas that they want to change. Cooper then presents 4 conditions to affect sustainable assessment reform at 3 different levels: board/district, school, and teacher. I decided to present this in a table:
At the end of the chapter, Cooper talks about humour while being a teacher. He mentions humiliating one’s self to make less-confident students more comfortable and to seem “human”, in order to connect better with students. I really like the idea of humour to connect with students. I always like to use self-deprecating humour, so I hope this will help me to connect better with my students. Normal humour has also helped me to connect better with students in my AT’s class, as well as the boys on the hockey team.
For my final thoughts on Talking About Assessment: High School; Strategies and Tools, I would like to say that I will definitely be using it in the future. I provided me with lots of cool ideas (such as the ‘snowball’ activity), as well as verbalizing the idea of ‘assessment for learning’ for me. I had always appreciated the fact that feedback is a learning opportunity, but I had not thought of it as formally as the idea of ‘assessment for learning’. I will definitely be referring to this book throughout my teaching career, especially when making my curriculum and assessment plans!
At the end of the chapter, Cooper talks about humour while being a teacher. He mentions humiliating one’s self to make less-confident students more comfortable and to seem “human”, in order to connect better with students. I really like the idea of humour to connect with students. I always like to use self-deprecating humour, so I hope this will help me to connect better with my students. Normal humour has also helped me to connect better with students in my AT’s class, as well as the boys on the hockey team.
For my final thoughts on Talking About Assessment: High School; Strategies and Tools, I would like to say that I will definitely be using it in the future. I provided me with lots of cool ideas (such as the ‘snowball’ activity), as well as verbalizing the idea of ‘assessment for learning’ for me. I had always appreciated the fact that feedback is a learning opportunity, but I had not thought of it as formally as the idea of ‘assessment for learning’. I will definitely be referring to this book throughout my teaching career, especially when making my curriculum and assessment plans!