Evaluative judgement: what, why and how? Seminar – 26 February 2019
29 January 2019
Evaluative judgement has received significant recent attention in the higher education literature, despite similar ideas being present for over thirty years. Join CRADLE’s Dr Joanna Tai to kick off our 2019 Seminar Series with an exploration of what evaluative judgement is, why it’s important for students, and how it can be developed.
| When? | 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm, Tuesday 26 February 2019 |
| Where? | Deakin Downtown – Level 12, Tower 2, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne (Collins Square). Online and on-campus options are also available |
| Catering? | Afternoon tea will be provided |
| Cost? | This is a free event |
| Register? | Register here! |
Evaluative judgement is the capability to make decisions regarding the quality of work of self and others, specific to a task, discipline or profession. The development of evaluative judgement can be thought of as a desirable graduate outcome, as this capability is crucial for graduates to operate outside a university setting.
Evaluative judgement is essential for safe independent practice, whether alone or in teams. Assessment for learning pedagogical strategies – such as exemplars, rubrics, feedback, and peer assessments – are likely to develop students’ evaluative judgement. Furthermore, the concept of evaluative judgement provides a justification and additional motivation for incorporating these strategies in everyday learning and teaching.
This seminar will provide an overview of the concept of evaluative judgement and its antecedents, and will offer a rationale for why evaluative judgement should be consciously and explicitly developed in students. It will also discuss a range of assessment strategies, drawn from previous empirical studies, which could be employed pedagogically to develop students’ evaluative judgement.
