Just how closely should textbooks link to public examinations?
Tim Oates (Cambridge Assessment) and Dr Mary Bousted (Association of Teachers and Lecturers) discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 18, 2012•56 min
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Current issues with National Curriculum assessment: lessons from school music education
Current issues with National Curriculum assessment: lessons from school music education - Professor Martin Fautley (Birmingham City University) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 15, 2012•55 min
Roger-Francois Gauthier - Learning comes first
Lessons from around the world - Roger-Francois Gauthier (Inspector General for Administration of National Education and Research, France, and a UNESCO consultant) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2012•10 min
Dr Nadia Touba - Learning comes first
Lessons from around the world - Dr Nadia Touba (Project Director of Nile Egyptian Schools NES – Egyptian Education Fund, Cabinet of Ministers – Egypt) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2012•17 min
Opening remarks - Learning comes first
Setting the context and sharing a historical perspective - Simon Lebus (Group Chief Executive, Cambridge Assessment) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2012•10 min
Refocusing education? - Learning comes first
Panel debate: 'Refocusing education? - Nansi Ellis (Head of Education Policy and Research, ATL), Richard Earp (Education & Skills Manager, National Grid), Dale Bassett (Research Director, Reform), Dr Graeme Atherton (Executive Director, Aimhigher) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2012•34 min
Jon Coles - Learning comes first
Jon Coles (Chief Executive of United Church Schools Trust/United Learning Trust, former Director General for Education Standards, Department for Education) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2012•17 min
Programmes of Learning - Learning comes first
Programmes of learning: the rise of ‘curriculum’ thinking in the UK - Paul Pritchard (Chair of Governors at the JCB Academy), Andrew Hutchinson (Executive Principal of Parkside Federation, Cambridge) & Dr Stephen Spurr (Headmaster, Westminster School) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 31, 2012•17 min
Epistemic ascent and curriculum design
Academic subjects are generally assumed to be composed of propositional rather than practical knowledge. This talk looks at the relationship between subject knowledge, inferential ability and ability to validate and establish truths in the perspective of an ascent from novice to expert within a subject area. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2011•49 min
Learning, Teaching and the Brain
Teachers must be cautious when they find ideas that allege some sort of basis in neuroscience. But there are some positive things such as the effective exercise on learning and the need for children to learn something about their own brain and what effect this can have on their achievement. At a conference hosted by University of Cambridge International Examinations, Dr Paul Howard Jones from Bristol University explained how teachers can use insights from neuroscience to provide more effective t...
Sep 11, 2011•55 min
Digging for validity: an interview with archaeologist Dr Lewis
Guest speaker and archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis explains how a valid assessment model has been developed for an extra-curricular activity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 07, 2011•20 min
Education changes under the Coalition Government
The coalition government has launched many educational policies: academies, free schools, the English Baccalaureate and the freedom for parents and teachers to choose qualifications. What are the implications for today's learners? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 11, 2011•1 hr 18 min
Plagiarism in UK Law schools: is there a postcode lottery?
Although there is a generalised notion of academic misconduct and an assumption that there is a common understanding of the offences across universities, a variation in attitudes to plagiarism is shown to exist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 06, 2011•30 min
Can pre-schools support children to become better learners
Measuring 'quality' in early education - determining whether pre-schools can support children to become better learners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 05, 2011•1 hr 14 min
Parliamentary seminar: What can we learn from other improving school systems?
What can we learn from other improving school systems? - featuring Graham Stuart MP (Chair, Education Select Committee), Professor David Raffe (University of Edinburgh), Dr Marian Sainsbury (National Foundation for Educational Research), Professor Lorraine Dearden (Institute for Fiscal Studies) - 28 June 2011 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 28, 2011•54 min
Developing a new linear qualification: how difficult can it be? A case study: Cambridge Pre-U
This presentation will provide an account of the background, development and implementation of the Cambridge Pre-U. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 17, 2011•1 hr 14 min
Assessment for Higher Education entry: admissions testing
This seminar will consider the place of admissions testing, in the overall range of assessment options for Higher Education entry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 17, 2011•1 hr 17 min
Ensuring comparability in a diverse and unregulated qualification market
In this talk Professor Coe will propose a structure for doing this. Examples will be given, together with a discussion of pros and cons of different approaches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2011•52 min
What can we learn from the British Birth Cohort Studies?
In this presentation, Professor Jane Elliott will introduce some of the landmark research carried out using longitudinal evidence from the cohort studies, and examine some of the opportunities for future research as the studies develop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2011•58 min
Comparability of examination standards: understanding of the issues and directions for the future
In this seminar a panel of key staff will discuss the issues surrounding comparability and will engage in debate with the audience about methods for establishing comparability, public understanding of the issues and directions for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Inter-subject comparability, forced policy-making and the social responsibility of awarding bodies
A frequent claim of awarding bodies is that standards are comparable across assessments in different subject areas. And if they are not, the awarding bodies can make them comparable through appropriate statistical techniques, or so the argument goes. It is not surprising that in many countries such brave statements are received with suspicion and mistrust by the stakeholders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2011•43 min
Assessing assessment - progress or politics?
Assessment industry (awarding bodies) should refocus its activities on applied research and development in assessment methodology. The industry should produce assessment tools and professional development for teachers and a much slimmed down external verification service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2011•1 hr 15 min
How can we improve the quality of marking in our examinations and what does that mean for validity?
How can we improve the quality of mark schemes and their use? Ayesha will outline a taxonomy of the kinds of mark schemes that are currently used in examining in the UK and discuss what makes a good mark scheme, based on the best practice observed in the study quoted above. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2011•59 min
The effects of modular GCSE examinations on students' outcomes, motivation and workload
This seminar will present the findings from a research project analysing students' performances and attitudes towards modularisation in two GCSE subjects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 14, 2011•1 hr 7 min
Resits in high-stakes examinations: the unusual case of A levels
Research findings suggest that, due to a lack of appreciation for the rationale behind the modular system, no control of resits and the highly competitive nature of selection by universities, the resit policy has produced some undesirable effects when it comes to actual practice in sixth-form education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 24, 2011•59 min
Degrees of success: Progressing to Higher Education through vocational pathways
Widening participation in Higher Education crucially depends upon recruiting more young people from vocational pathways. But what sorts of opportunities do such learners access in Higher Education? Do these offer real opportunities for increasing social mobility and raising earnings? Is there any parity of esteem between academic and vocational progression routes? What are the challenges that students from more vocational programmes face when they enter Higher Education? How can we better suppor...
Jan 24, 2011•51 min
Linking assessments to international frameworks of language proficiency
Interpreting test performance (against the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in this case) is at the heart of test validity. Thus if CEFR alignment is important for an exam, it should impact every relevant stage of design and administration. It cannot be a one-off exercise. Cambridge ESOL's approach will be presented as an illustration of this. We will also present the SurveyLang project coordinated by Cambridge ESOL, due to deliver the European Survey on Language Competences in 2011...
Nov 15, 2010•1 hr 5 min
Incomprehensible? Inexpressible? Inconceivable? The very idea of inter-subject comparability
This seminar will trace the history of investigations into inter-subject comparability in England, aiming to shed light on implicit and, occasionally, explicit statements of principle. It will analyse the emergence of early implicit conceptions and will illustrate how potential alternative conceptions have largely remained unrecognised, despite their potential utility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 10, 2010•1 hr
Today's assessment jungle: a view from the regulator
Ofqual's regulation stretches from the early years through the key stages, GCSEs, A levels and diplomas to vocational and occupational qualifications. Ofqual monitors assessments, reviews standards and has a major programme focused on reliability. What has the regulator found in its regulatory work on the significant developments that 2010 has brought? How do the outcomes help Ofqual fulfil its mission to ensure that these assessments are valued and trusted by learners, users and the wider publi...
Nov 03, 2010•47 min
Summative assessment by teachers: Designing a system that is fit for purpose
This presentation will review the design features to be taken into account if systems of assessment in which teacher judgement has a role are to be robust enough to meet the expectations of students, policy-makers and the wider public. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 06, 2010•45 min
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