Transforming Assessment in Education

lt;p>Professor Stephen Dobson has worked across multiple educational eco-systems. His research in assessment bridges insights from Cultural Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, the Arts and Policy making. He has previously published on the viva in higher education, youth culture, urban studies and refugee work or refugeeness as he terms it.

 Fuad Arif Fudiyartanto  is Senior Lecturer at the State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia. His interdisciplinary research covers assessment and linguistics, with a particular focus on sociology of assessment, higher education assessment (of English studies), and translation studies. He is currently Head of the Language Centre of the university (2021-2024).

Introduction.- 1. What is critical realism and how to understand assessment?.- 2. New forms of society: new forms of assessment?.- 3.Assessment for learning - motorway or dead end for improved learning outcomes?.- 4. Challenging the culture of formative assessment.- 5. Negotiating belief and habitus on assessment within institution.- 6. Developing assessment capital for excellence.- 7. Motivation, learning and assessment.- 8. Assessment and connoisseurship.- Conclusion.