Academics and assessment: the forgotten meat in the sandwich in the current higher education environment?
Paper
Collins, Pauline, Brackin, Toni and Hart, Caroline Lydia. 2010. "Academics and assessment: the forgotten meat in the sandwich in the current higher education environment?" Harris, Bruce (ed.) 65th Conference of the Australasian Law Teachers' Association (ALTA 2010): Power, Regulation and Responsibility: Lawyers in Times of Transition. Auckland, New Zealand 04 - 07 Jul 2010 Sydney, Australia.
| Paper/Presentation Title | Academics and assessment: the forgotten meat in the sandwich in the current higher education environment? |
|---|---|
| Presentation Type | Paper |
| Authors | Collins, Pauline (Author), Brackin, Toni (Author) and Hart, Caroline Lydia (Author) |
| Editors | Harris, Bruce |
| Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 65th Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (ALTA 2010) |
| ERA Conference ID | 60101 |
| Number of Pages | 28 |
| Year | 2010 |
| Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
| Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.alta.edu.au/pdf/conference/%282010%29%20University%20of%20Auckland/%282010%29%20Final%20Conference%20PDF.pdf |
| Conference/Event | 65th Conference of the Australasian Law Teachers' Association (ALTA 2010): Power, Regulation and Responsibility: Lawyers in Times of Transition |
| Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (ALTA) | |
| Event Details | 65th Conference of the Australasian Law Teachers' Association (ALTA 2010): Power, Regulation and Responsibility: Lawyers in Times of Transition Event Date 04 to end of 07 Jul 2010 Event Location Auckland, New Zealand |
| Event Details | Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference (ALTA) ALTA |
| Abstract | This paper reports on qualitative research into academics perceptions of assessment in an Australian law school. Some of the key concerns of academics teaching a professional degree course in the current higher education environment, in particular as it impacts on their assessment practices and student learning, are highlighted and discussed. Academics' perceptions of the importance of teaching and assessing graduate skills are also discussed in the context of the literature. This paper highlights that in the context of the current higher education environment there is a real risk that the gap between the rhetoric and reality will continue to widen, having consequences for the student, the academic, and higher education outcomes generally. |
| Keywords | assessment; job ready; skills |
| Related Output | |
| Is variant form of | Rocky rhetoric and hard reality: the academic's dilemma surrounding assessment |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 489999. Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified |
| 390114. Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy | |
| 390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
| Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | Department of Law |
| School of Law | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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