What is it about?
This paper examines reimagines the ways we assess future English teachers. We explore how an approach to assessment inspired by figurative language, poetry, and the arts, opens up new possibilities for how people learn to teach.
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Why is it important?
Our findings provide humanizing alternatives to the current climate in the US, which emphasizes standardization and accountability in both teacher education and educational institutions broadly.
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I really enjoyed the opportunity to do this work with my co-author, with whom I taught the English methods course examined in the study.
Scott Jarvie
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This page is a summary of: “We do investigate ourselves”: figurative assessment practices as meaning-making in English education, Changing English, August 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/1358684x.2019.1647512.
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