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Goal: To improve participation and competence in the development and assessment of RCE’s Feed-back from Abel Atiti and Jim Taylor. How do we strengthen self assessment and peer review?. Many noted they had undertaken no formal assessment yet.
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Goal: To improve participation and competence in the development and assessment of RCE’sFeed-back from Abel Atiti and Jim Taylor
How do we strengthen self assessment and peer review? Many noted they had undertaken no formal assessment yet. Most were aware of the Graz model – but had not applied it Many felt that the variety of RCE activity meant that no, one standardized assessment, could work. Assessment has been recorded by some as a narrative record – a ‘case story’ or a ‘change story’.
Peer assessment between 2 or more RCE’s was suggested Check-lists have been used, however it is important to go beyond these and seek greater “conceptual depth”. Some RCE’s are seeking a methodology ….. The combination of qualitative and quantitative data was considered helpful. Milestones can be helpful to track learning and change. An evaluation culture needs to be developed!
Make it simple and practical Make informative data-bases for wider sharing Focus on a particular theme Apply user journals from the field Publish in the ESD journal (Kiran is with us!!).
What other strategies can we use? Celebrate and get involved in assessment Regional assessments may help
Total Quality Management (TQM) Continuous improvement and action research was considered useful. Critical friends can be helpful especially with innovative questions and suggestions
Place-based / situated learning and assessment was found to be helpful “Reality congruence” between the educational ideology and the assessment orientation was considered important. Assessment as learning ….
To what extent are our strategies bringing about sustainability practices? RCE’s need to display sustainability leadership! Ride a bicycle to work! Encouraging green building technologies
Sometimes patience is needed as change can be slow! Sustainability practices included: Clay oven cooking A “living laboratory” or “sustainability commons” Sustainability case stories can be helpful
One group shared a 4 level evaluation framework: • Quality of design of RCE • Quality of support system or governance • Satisfaction with delivery (eg survey’s etc.) • How has the RCE improved ‘quality of life’
