Can values be assessed?
Values are inherent in any viewpoint. Any geography curriculum is inevitably based on viewpoints. Click on the links below and read the 'Motivation and self esteem' extract from Working inside the Black Box: assessment for learning in the classroom (Black et al., 2002, pp. 18-19), and the 'Global citizenship: values and attitudes' extract from A Curriculum for Global Citizenship: a guide for teachers and education workers (Fooks, 1997 p. 18).
Motivation and self esteem
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Motivation and self esteem
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Global citizenship: values and attitudes
(Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 - RTF)
Global citizenship: values and attitudes
(Adobe PDF 5.0)
With these extracts in mind, you can complete the activity on the right.
Activity Resources:
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Activity
- Click on the Text icon and look again at the piece of work from the year-8 pupil.
- Then consider these questions.
- What sort of feedback would you give this pupil?
- How could this feedback enhance the development of the pupil's values and attitudes?
- Click on the Text icon and read the article 'Constructing a value map' by Standish (2002). Consider how you would convince Standish that the assessment of values in geography can raise standards.
