Teaching for Epistemological Change: Self-Direction through Self-Assessment

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Author(s): Gloria Nogueiras (University of Alcalá, Spain), David Herrero (University of Alcalá, Spain)and Alejandro Iborra (University of Alcalá, Spain)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 19
Source title: Innovative Practices for Higher Education Assessment and Measurement
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elena Cano (University of Barcelona, Spain)and Georgeta Ion (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0531-0.ch011

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference / Learning Assessment and Measurement

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As higher education teachers, the authors are committed to supporting students in their epistemological development, specifically in their transition towards self-direction. In this chapter, they share their experience of using self-assessment in a Teacher Training Degree course as a way to both enhance self-direction and assess its development. A thematic analysis of the self-assessments of a sample of 30 students is carried out, and four themes are identified: 1) the degree of authorship, 2) the degree of elaboration, 3) “taking notice of” subtle levels of analysis, and 4) the identification of temporal milestones throughout the course. These themes enable a different pattern of mental complexity to be identified, a complexity which is understood as evidence of students' different degrees of self-direction. The findings are discussed in the light of developmental constructivist theories. In addition, some implications for education regarding the current debates on self-assessment literature are presented.

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