ED5857 - Assessment

Credit points:	03
Year:	2019
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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Available to Master of Education. Core subject for Master of Guidance and Counselling.

This subject will introduce and develop skills in designing, conducting, interpreting and reporting on assessment protocols within a legal and ethical framework. It provides students with the opportunity to clearly demonstrate competence in professional numeracy in guidance and counselling. Both quantitative and qualitative assessment techniques will be explored with an emphasis upon the behavioural and cognitive evaluation of individuals typically referred for guidance and counselling. To enable targeted study, this subject offers streams in four age points; older adult, younger adult, adolescent, and childhood.

Learning Outcomes

• synthesise cognitive, technical and creative skills and provide recommendations of assessments that are sensitive to multicultural differences, appropriate to rural and regional individuals;
• integrate understanding of legal and ethical frameworks as outlined by the Australian Counselling Association and Singapore Association for Counselling into assessment practices;
• attain competence in professional numeracy in guidance and counselling;
• attain proficiency in communication with both specialist and non-specialist stakeholders using advanced numeracy, reading, writing and advocacy skills;
• synthesise, interpret, integrate and evaluate information from case studies.

Availabilities
, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2019
Contact hours:	39 hours
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	online quiz (25%); case conceptualisation (35%); case report (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Successful completion of Case Referral Report (Professional Literacy and Professional Numeracy)
JCU Singapore, , Study Period 53
Census Date 05-Dec-2019
Face to face teaching (Face to Face dates to be advised)
Contact hours:	39 hours
Assessment:	online quiz (25%); case conceptualisation (35%); case report (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Special Assessment Requirement: Successful completion of Case Referral Report (Professional Literacy and Professional Numeracy)

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.