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Type: Journal article
Title: History on trial: evaluating learning outcomes through audit and accreditation in a national standards environment
Author: Brawley, S.
Clark, J.
Dixon, C.
Ford, L.
Nielsen, E.
Ross, S.
Upton, S.
Citation: Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal, 2015; 3(2):89-105
Publisher: International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Issue Date: 2015
ISSN: 2167-4779
2167-4787
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Sean Brawley, Jennifer Clark, Chris Dixon, Lisa Ford, Erik Nielsen, Shawn Ross, Stuart Upton
Abstract: This paper uses a trial audit of history programs undertaken in 2011-2012 to explore issues surrounding the attainment of Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs) in an emerging Australian national standards environment for the discipline of history. The audit sought to ascertain whether an accreditation process managed by the discipline under the auspices of the Australian Historical Association (AHA) could be based on a limited-intervention, “light-touch” approach to assessing attainment of the TLOs. The results of the audit show that successful proof of TLO attainment would only be possible with more active intervention into existing history majors and courses. Assessments across all levels of history teaching would have to be designed, undertaken, and marked using a rubric matched to the TLOs. It proved unrealistic to expect students to demonstrate acquisition of the TLOs from existing teaching and assessment practices. The failure of the “light-touch” audit process indicates that demonstrating student attainment under a national standards regime would require fundamental redevelopment of the curriculum. With standards-based approaches to teaching and learning emerging as international phenomena, this case study resonates beyond Australia and the discipline under investigation.
Keywords: After Standards Project; history; learning outcomes assessment; quality assurance; quality improvement; disciplinary standards; national standards
Rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
DOI: 10.20343/teachlearninqu.3.2.89
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.3.2.89
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