The problem of assessment in art and design / edited by Trevor Rayment.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rayment, Trevor.

Series:

Readings in art and design education series ; v. 4.

Readings in art & design education series, 1474-6208 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Art.

Design--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With its inevitable dependency on the essential, and often contested, nature of art, the subject of assessment or evaluation in art and design education remains a matter of continuing controversy. This collection of essays examines the principal issues as they relate to the main phases of formal education, from primary to post-compulsory.

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: The problem of assessment in art and design; The impact of formal assessment procedures on teaching and learning in art and design in secondary schools; Assessment in art and design in the primary school; The assessment of GCSE Art: Criterion-referencing and cognitive abilities; AS Level Art: Farewell to the 'Wow' factor; Striving for appropriate, reliable and manageable vocational assessment; Portfolio development in a secondary teaching credential art program

(In defence of) whipper-fancying and other vices: Re-evaluating assessment in art and designTowards a more complex description of the role of assessment as a practice for nurturing strategic intelligence in art education; Assessment in educational practice: Forming pedagogized identities in the art curriculum; Notes on contributors; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610762972

9781280762970

1280762977

9781841509570

1841509574

OCLC:

476044921