Assessment in geographical education : an international perspective

Assessment in geographical education : an international perspective / Theresa Bourke, Reece Mills, Rod Lane, editors.

In recent years there has been increased attention paid to the importance of assessment in Geographical Education, the chosen subject for this book. Assessment is an important tool for collecting information about student learning and for providing timely data to inform key stakeholders including st...

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Other Authors: Bourke, Theresa (Editor), Mills, Reece (Editor), Lane, Rod (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Series:Key challenges in geography,
Subjects:
Geography > Study and teaching > Evaluation.
Geography > Study and teaching > Evaluation
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - Surveying the landscape of assessment in geography education
  • Binaries and silences in geography education assessment research
  • Part I: Assessment related to cross-cutting concepts and skills in geography
  • Assessing systems thinking in geography
  • Assessment of mapping learning progressions in geography
  • Assessing spatial skills/thinking in geography
  • Part II: Assessment related to the signature pedagogies of inquiry and fieldwork
  • Integrating assessment effectively into international fieldwork: A case study using student-led teaching and learning
  • Inquiry-based fieldwork assessment for and as learning in geography
  • Part III: Assessment as a social justice endeavour in geography education
  • The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): A closer look at US gaps and trends in geography achievement
  • Focusing on quality, forgetting inequalities: Assessment within GIS in the geography Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in South Africa
  • Part IV: Future directions for assessment in geography education
  • Online adaptive assessment of map skills
  • Engaging with conceptual acrobatics: Geography assessment standards and rubrics
  • Reflecting on the assessment landscape of primary geography.

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