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Self-assessment to incite learning in higher education: developing ontological awareness

Bourke, Roseanna·2018·Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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Incorporating self-assessment tasks in higher education involves a conceptual shift of the function of assessment for both learners and teachers. Self-assessment is an innovative assessment initiative that foregrounds ontological knowledge and professional identity in higher education, especially where external professional bodies require additional competencies for learners to be work-ready. As a tool to develop learners’ metacognitive strategies, self-assessment challenges views around learning and assessment. The defined task that constitutes ‘self-assessment’ is considered for two key reasons. First, it is essentially a tool to reflect student-staff partnership in learning and assessment if students are positioned as agentic in the assessment process, and, second, it challenges the relationship between assessment and learning; no longer dichotomous, and more culturally relevant. This paper outlines the introduction of self-assessment over three years in a university postgraduate programme. Using cultural historical activity theory, a framework of analysis that recognises multiple networks of activity, the question ‘what constitutes a self-assessment task?’ is addressed. Results show that the development of self-assessment tasks needs to be considered in the learning-assessment nexus. While these forms of assessment initially unsettle students, they are designed to enable students to participate with an eye on their learning, not the grade.

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Authors
Bourke, R.
Affiliations
Massey University (NZ)
Corresponding author
Bourke, Roseanna
Venue
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Published
2017-12-05
Volume
43
Issue
5
Pages
827-839
ISSN
  • 0260-2938 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-297X
OpenAlex
W2772462743
Cited by
61
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
FWCI
11.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Keywords
self-assessment, higher education assessment, metacognition, professional identity, student-staff partnership, cultural-historical activity theory, graduate education, student agency

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