Postgraduate Certificate in Assessment and Evaluation

Comments about Postgraduate Certificate in Assessment and Evaluation - On Campus - Parkville - Victoria

• Objectives
  Students who have completed the Postgraduate Certificate of Assessment and Evaluation course should be able to: * demonstrate knowledge and understanding of assessment and/or evaluation theory and practice * demonstrate competence in the management of assessment and evaluation programs; * make effective use of the assessment and evaluation literature and research; * demonstrate a level of knowledge and understanding that will enable them to support colleagues * regarding assessment and evaluation in professional situations.
• Entry requirements
  Those who wish to take a leadership role in assessment and evaluation practice. Such people are normally employed as policy and program planners, trainers, teachers, performance auditors, managers and consultants.
• Academic title
  Postgraduate Certificate in Assessment and Evaluation
• Course description
  Subject      Semester      Credit Points
  482-610  Introduction to Evaluation
  This subject provides a conceptual overview of theories, issues and recent practice in evaluation. An inductive/case study approach is used in which recent evaluation practice is analysed using frameworks developed by the lecturers. Topics covered in...     Semester 1     25
  
  482-611  Introduction to Research Methods
  An introduction to the collection, processing, analysis and reporting of qualitative and quantitative data in evaluation studies. The subject begins with a consideration of the appropriateness of qualitative and quantitative methods in studies involv...     Semester 2     25
  
  476-661  Test and Scale Development
  Methods for creating, designing and developing measurement tools are explored. These tools include those used for assessment of capabilities, achievement, attitudes and preferences. The principles of scale construction and validation provide the fram...     Semester 1     25
  
  460-625  Negotiated Project in Education
  An individually negotiated project relating to education, in which the student undertakes a theoretical study (eg., a substantial critical review of a particular body of literature), a research project relating to educational practice, or an approved...     Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer     25
  
  460-626  Negotiated Project in Education 2
  An individually negotiated project relating to education, in which the student undertakes a theoretical study (eg., a substantial critical review of a particular body of literature), a research project relating to educational practice, or an approved...     Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer     25
  
  460-627  Minor Project in Education
  An individually negotiated project relating to education, in which the student undertakes a theoretical study (eg., a substantial critical review of a particular body of literature), a research project relating to educational practice, or an approved...     Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer     12.50
  
  460-628  Minor Project in Education 2
  An individually negotiated project relating to education, in which the student undertakes a theoretical study (eg., a substantial critical review of a particular body of literature), a research project relating to educational practice, or an approved...     Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer     12.50

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