James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021

ED5857 - Assessment

Available to Master of Education. Available to Graduate Certificate of Education. Core subject for Master of Guidance and Counselling.

Subject Description

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

Subject Assessment

• Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (25%) - Individual
• Written > Case notes - (35%) - Individual
• Written > Case report 1 - (40%) - Individual

Note that 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.

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