Fijian primary school leaders’ beliefs and practices about assessment

Dayal, Hem and Lingam, Govinda I. and Sharma, Lalesh and Fitoo, Billy and Sarai, Vulori (2018) Fijian primary school leaders’ beliefs and practices about assessment. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, TBC . TBC. ISSN 1359-866X

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Abstract

School leaders have an important role in supervising learning and instruction. In these roles, they use a variety of assessment methods to measure and support student learning. Their beliefs about assessment can have an impact on how they perceive and use different forms of assessment. This study sought to explore assessment related beliefs and practices of a small group of Fijian Head Teachers. The findings suggest that they hold mixed beliefs about assessment. The findings also suggest that the Head Teachers made attempts to make formative use of written or other assessments they used. They registered little support for too much formal, standardized testing.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Education
Depositing User:	Fulori Nainoca - Waqairagata
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2019 22:24
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2019 22:24
URI:	https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/11489

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