Assessment, Grading and Practical Placement: Vocational Education

Module 1 Grading in theory and practice, 7.5 ECTS cr - Assessment and feedback as a basis for student learning, different assessment purposes and suitable formats, how to integrate assessment in teaching, and consequences in terms of theories on learning and subject-specific teaching perspectives, - Assessment and grading in practice: test design, learning outcome formulation, various forms of national assessment guides, such as the test bank provided by the Agency of Education and the national tests, - Training in how different assessment material can be weighted and appraised in grading, - The role of assessment in the evaluation of school goal fulfillment, as well as local, national, and international knowledge tests and their relation to follow-up and assessment, - Definitions of the concepts equity, reliability, and validity, and analyses of the relation between them, - Assessment issues and their links to different subjects, - Aspects of class, gender, and ethnicity problematised in relation to assessment, - Course content in relation to an international as well as a national historical context, - Possibilities and problems related to digitalisation discussed in relation to assessment. - Preparation for practical placement in the subject area. Module 2 Practical placement, 7.5 ECTS cr Students engage in the following activites: -interpreting and implementing central steering documents, -implementing pedagogical and and subject-specific teaching theories with consideration of pupils' different knowledge, abilities, and needs, -planning, leading, and evaluating a longer period of teaching while taking part in all aspects of their future professional role, -handling special education needs practically in cooperation with others, -documenting, assessing, and/or grading pupils' knowledge in relation to learning outcomes, -using digital tools in school.