Assessing Assessment: Toward a Hermeneutic-Phenumenological Perspective

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Assessment is generally not a favorite subject for many teachers, and this is likely due to a perceived tension between the goals they wish to accomplish as educators and the methods of assessments prescribed by accrediting agencies. With even President Obama calling for improvements in assessing e...

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Main Author: Michael Strawser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Park University 2009-08-01
Series:InSight : A Journal of Scholarly Teaching
Online Access:http://www.insightjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5-Assessing-Assessment-Toward-a-Hermeneutic-Phenumenological-Perspective.pdf
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spelling doaj-64c41b7b514a4bad8d5b2bd24d13a6342020-11-24T21:55:32ZengPark UniversityInSight : A Journal of Scholarly Teaching1933-48501933-48692009-08-01415668Assessing Assessment: Toward a Hermeneutic-Phenumenological PerspectiveMichael Strawser0University of Central FloridaAssessment is generally not a favorite subject for many teachers, and this is likely due to a perceived tension between the goals they wish to accomplish as educators and the methods of assessments prescribed by accrediting agencies. With even President Obama calling for improvements in assessing education, this paper seeks to develop an innovative phenomenological-hermeneutic model of assessment, one that focuses on the first-person interpretation of one’s transformative educational experience. After the theoretical framework for developing this model is explained, I present an application of the model through the introduction of “mindful reading assignments.”http://www.insightjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5-Assessing-Assessment-Toward-a-Hermeneutic-Phenumenological-Perspective.pdf
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description Assessment is generally not a favorite subject for many teachers, and this is likely due to a perceived tension between the goals they wish to accomplish as educators and the methods of assessments prescribed by accrediting agencies. With even President Obama calling for improvements in assessing education, this paper seeks to develop an innovative phenomenological-hermeneutic model of assessment, one that focuses on the first-person interpretation of one’s transformative educational experience. After the theoretical framework for developing this model is explained, I present an application of the model through the introduction of “mindful reading assignments.”
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