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Assessment in secondary music

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This free course, Assessment in secondary music, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a music teacher and develop a greater awareness of the implications of assessment practice on pedagogy and what is considered to be of musical value in music education.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Key issue 1: What is assessment for?
  • 1 Key issue 1: What is assessment for?
  • 1.1 Summative assessment
  • 1.2 Formative assessment
  • 1.3 Evaluating assessment
  • 2 Key issue 2: What are we assessing in music and how should we assess it?
  • 2 Key issue 2: What are we assessing in music and how should we assess it?
  • 2.1 How do we best assess musical learning and understanding?
  • 3 Key issue 3: How do we promote assessment for learning?
  • 3 Key issue 3: How do we promote assessment for learning?
  • 3.1 Questioning
  • 3.2 Feedback
  • 3.3 Sharing criteria
  • 3.4 Self-assessment
  • 4 Key Issue 4: How do we use assessment evidence to plan for learning?
  • 4 Key Issue 4: How do we use assessment evidence to plan for learning?
  • 4.1 Assessment: a question of value
  • 4.2 Teacher as observer
  • 4.3 Teacher as musical critic
  • 4.4 Your assessment practice
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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