Making judgements about students making work : lecturers’ assessment practices in art and design.

ORR, Susan and BLOXHAM, Sue (2013). Making judgements about students making work : lecturers’ assessment practices in art and design. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 12 (2-3), 234-253.

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Abstract

This research study explores the assessment practices in two higher education art and design departments. The key aim of this research was to explore art and design studio assessment practices as lived by and experienced by art and design lecturers. This work draws on two bodies of pre existing research. Firstly this study adopted innovative methodological approaches that have been employed to good effect to explore assessment in text based subjects (think aloud) and moderation mark agreement (observation). Secondly the study builds on existing research into the assessment of creative practice. By applying thinking aloud methodologies into a creative practice assessment context the authors seek to illuminate the ‘in practice’ rather than espoused assessment approaches adopted. The analysis suggests that lecturers in the study employed three macro conceptions of quality to support the judgement process. These were; the demonstration of significant learning over time, the demonstration of effective studentship and the presentation of meaningful art/design work.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Art and Design Research Centre
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1474022212467605
Page Range:	234-253
Depositing User:	Helen Garner
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2012 15:31
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 13:31
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5937

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