Like many ideas that inform policy, practice and research, ‘transition’ has many meanings. Children make a transition to adulthood, pupils move from primary to secondary school, and there is then a movement from school to work, training or further education. Transitions can lead to profound and positive change and be an impetus for new learning for some individuals and be unsettling, difficult and unproductive for others. Transitions have become a key concern for policy makers and the subject of numerous policy changes over the past ten years. They are also of interest to researchers and professionals working with different groups. Transitions and Learning Through the Lifecourse examines transitions across a range of education, life and work settings. It explores the claim that successful transitions are essential for educational inclusion, social achievement, and economic prosperity and that individuals and institutions need to manage them more effectively.  Aimed primarily at academic researchers and students at all levels of study across a range of disciplines, including education, careers studies, sociology, feminist and cultural studies, this book is the first systematic attempt to bring together and evaluate insights about educational, life and work transitions from a range of different fields of research. Contributions include:   The transition between home and school   The effects of gender, class and age    Transitions to further and higher education   Transitions for students with disabilities   Transitions into the workplace   Learning within the workplace   Approaches to managing transitions

Transitions and Learning Through the Lifecourse

ECCLESTONE, KATHRYN

Biesta, Gert

Hughes, Martin

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Get the most out of testing for your students 
Despite good intentions for formative assessment to enhance the quality of students' learning and motivation, it is widely misunderstood. Throughout the education system, it has become little more than a way of coaching students to meet the demands of summative assessment. Transforming Formative Assessment in Lifelong Learning combines theory, research and practical insights to demonstrate how you can enhance your understanding of formative assessment, particularly in vocational and adult education settings that are under pressure to meet targets for inclusion, retention and achievement. Drawing on recent research, the book includes six case studies that draw out the implications of the research findings to suggest ways in which you can change your assessment practice, despite the pressures in your own contexts. It considers:
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<li>What is formative assessment, and what is it not? </li>
<li>What impact do political and social factors have on assessment practices? </li>
<li>Why do similar assessment practices have different effects in different 'learning cultures'? </li>
<li>What role does subject knowledge play in educationally worthwhile formative assessment? </li>
<li>How can teachers, lecturers and other education professionals improve formative assessment?</li>
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Transforming Formative Assessment in Lifelong Learning

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Open University Press

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education (Routledge Education Classic Edition)

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education confronts the silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the educational system and into the workplace. Controversial and compelling, Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes’ classic text uses a wealth of examples across the education system, from primary schools to university and the workplace, to show how therapeutic education is turning children, young people and adults into anxious and self-preoccupied individuals rather than aspiring, optimistic and resilient learners who want to know everything about the world. Remaining extremely topical, the chapters illuminate the powerful effects of therapeutic education, including: <ul>
<li>How therapeutic learning is taking shape, now and in the future</li> <li>How therapeutic ideas from popular culture have come to govern social thought and policies</li> <li>How the fostering of dependence and compulsory participation in therapeutic activities that encourage the disclosing of emotions, can undermine parents’ and teachers’ confidence and authority</li> <li>How therapeutic forms of teacher training undermine faith in the pursuit of knowledge</li> <li>How political initiatives in emotional literacy, emotional wellbeing and ‘positive mental health’ propagate a diminished view of human potential throughout the education system and the workplace.</li> </ul>
The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education is an eye-opening read for every teacher and leader across the field of education, and every parent and student, who is passionate about the power of knowledge to transform people’s lives. It is a call for a debate about the growing impact of therapeutic education and what it means for learning now and in the future.

Hayes,Dennis

Routledge

This book makes an important contribution to understanding the political, social and educational impact of assessment. Using a multi-layered approach, it offers a fascinating case study of how post-16 assessment systems are designed and debated inside policy making processes. This case study highlights the broader tensions at the heart of assessment policy.The book also explores the complex factors that affect how teachers and students use formative assessment to achieve higher standards of educational attainment and more autonomous learning.Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education is a comprehensive and authoritative account of policy and practice in post-16 assessment. The book weaves together new theoretical frameworks with evidence from empirical research to offer a detailed picture of the diverse factors affecting the quality of formative assessment in further education.The book will be of particular interest to teachers and practitioners across the post-16 sector on postgraduate and in-service professional development courses. It will also be of interest to researchers, inspectors and qualification designers.

Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education

Kathryn Ecclestone's book addresses the thorny issue of assessment in post-compulsory education - lifelong learning.

Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education: The Policy and Practice of Formative Assessment

The silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the education system and into the workplace demands a book that serves as a wake up call to everyone. Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes' controversial and compelling book uses a wealth of examples across the education system, from primary schools to university, and the workplace to show how therapeutic education is turning children, young people and adults into anxious and self-preoccupied individuals rather than aspiring, optimistic and resilient learners who want to know everything about the world. The chapters address a variety of thought-provoking themes, including <ul>
<li>how therapeutic ideas from popular culture dominate social thought and social policies and offer a diminished view of human potential</li> </ul> <ul>
<li>how schools undermine parental confidence and authority by fostering dependence and compulsory participation in therapeutic activities based on disclosing emotions to others</li> </ul> <ul>
<li>how higher education has adopted therapeutic forms of teacher training because many academics have lost faith in the pursuit of knowledge</li> </ul> <ul>
<li>how such developments are propelled by a deluge of political initiatives in areas such as emotional literacy, emotional well-being and the 'soft outcomes' of learning</li> </ul> The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education is eye-opening reading for every teacher, student teacher and parent who retains any belief in the power of knowledge to transform people's lives. Its insistent call for a serious public debate about the emotional state of education should also be at the forefront of the minds of every agent of change in society... from parent to policy maker.

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education

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Words, Language & Grammar

Using case studies from schools and colleges, this book outlines different forms of assessment, highlights their purposes, and provides practical guidelines to their implementation.

How to Assess the Vocational Curriculum (Vocational Education)

Business & Money

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Transitions and Learning Through the Lifecourse

Transforming Formative Assessment in Lifelong Learning

Transforming Formative Assessment in Lifelong Learning

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education (Routledge Education Classic Edition)

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education (Routledge Education Classic Edition)

Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education

Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education: The Policy and Practice of Formative Assessment

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education

How to Assess the Vocational Curriculum (Vocational Education)

Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education: The Policy and Practice of Formative Assessment