Targeting Assessment for Developing Adult Lifelong Learners: Assessing the Ability to Commit

Autor/in	Su, Ya-Hui
Titel	Targeting Assessment for Developing Adult Lifelong Learners: Assessing the Ability to Commit
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 55 (2015) 1, S.75-93 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Lifelong Learning; Adult Learning; Learner Engagement; Educational Assessment; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Alternative Assessment; Evaluation Methods; Alignment (Education) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem
Abstract	In this article, I propose that neither traditional assessment nor alternative, competence-based assessment is adequate to meet the challenges of uncertain change. Existentialist assessment that focuses on developing learners' commitment, rather than their competence, may be more decisive in empowering learners who are facing adversity. Existentialist assessment shifts the focus from impersonality, achievement, and universalism to the inclusion of the adult learner's commitment to making meaningful connections between learning and his or her existence (being). These committed meanings are willed and produced by the learner, not only to bring to an end a disturbing situation and uncertainty but also to develop a sense of significance and sustainability when facing uncertainty and processes of change. To ascertain a learner's ability to commit, self-assessment, with its first-person perspective, must be taken into account. Implications include the alignment of assessment with pedagogy that facilitates the adult learner's commitment to connecting his or her existence with the world. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01