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Assessment Reform in Science Fairness and Fear /

The conclusions and recommendations made in the book are derived from a study of ten teachers in Hong Kong as they tried to change their practice following a reform of the Hong Kong assessment system. Hong Kong is simply a context that provided the opportunity to gather very rich and informative dat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yung, Benny B.H.W (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 31
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword by Peter Fensham. Foreword by Derek Hodson. Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The assessment reform
  • 3. Teachers' enactment of the reform
  • 4. Alan-the students' companion
  • 5. Bob-the teacher with a mission
  • 6. Carl-the teacher committed to all-round education
  • 7. Dawn-the evolving teacher
  • 8. Eddy-the money-hunter
  • 9. Hugo-the examiner of a driving test
  • 10. Ivor-the police fears to be scolded by his superior
  • 11. John-the examination-driven teacher
  • 12. Looking across the cases-a preliminary analysis
  • 13. Three views of fairness
  • 14. Teacher professionalism and policy interpretation
  • 15. Ways of seeing and ways of enacting
  • Appendix A: A study transversing three bodies of literature. Appendix B: Reflecting on the research methodology. References. Index.