Asses Student Learning: A Source of Ethical Concern for Higher Education Teachers Lu c Desautels (Cégep régional de Lanaudière à L’Assomption), Christiane Gohier (Université du Québec à Montréal), France Jutras (Université de Sherbrooke) and Philippe Chaubet (Université du Québec à Montréal) 5th AHE Conference June 2015
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Assessing
Student
Learning: A
Source of
Ethical Concern
for Higher
Education
Teachers
Luc Desautels (Cégep régional de Lanaudière à
L’Assomption), Christiane Gohier (Université du
Québec à Montréal), France Jutras (Université de
Sherbrooke) and Philippe Chaubet (Université du
Québec à Montréal)
5th AHE Conference
June 2015
Main
Topic
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Assessment, a fertile
ground for teacher’s
ethical concernsLiterature review
highlights Ways to understand and deal with these ethical issues Conclusion
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rns Similar cases in our two
latest researches conducted with High
Education teachers (SSHRC
2006-2009 & 2010-2013)Well attested in other
studies elsewhere (Green,
Johnson, Kim & Pope, 2007; Pope, Green,
Johnson & Mitchell, 2009; Boon, 2011)
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One of the most difficult teaching situations (Grisé & Trottier,
2002; Jeffrey, 2013)With serious consequences on students’ future (Jeffrey,
2012; Gosselin, 2010; Howe et
Ménard, 1993; Louis, 1999)
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An ethical responsibility (William Hill &
Zinsmeister, 2011)Where professional judgement is needed,
and not solely a «good
practices» reservoir
(Green and coll., 2007; Tirri, 2010)
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Alertness against possible biases
(Jeffrey, 2012, 2013; Durand &
Chouinard, 2012; Louis, 1999,
William Hill & Zinsmeister,
2011; Boon, 2011; Pope and
coll., 2009; Green and coll.,
2007)Grades should represent
learners’ attained levels
of academic achievement and nothing else (Sadler, 2010)
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A standardized practice (CREPUQ, 1996; Louis,
1999; Suskie, 2004; Gosselin, 2010;
CEEC, 2012; Barlow, 2003; Leroux &
Bigras, 2003; Oerman & Gaberson,
2009; Prairat, 2012) On the basis of the
International Bill of Human Rights (UN, 1948)
and the Convention on
the Rights of the Child
(UN, 1989)
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An educative action (De
Ruyter & Kole, 2010; Legault, 2011;
Giroux, 2009; Desautels, 2005; Barlow,
2003)Assessment consist in
a two fold action: to
judge and to reckon
the value (De Peretti, Boniface &
Legrand, 2005)
Ways
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ssues
Adopting common guidelinesDeveloping professional judgment
Fostering peer ethical
deliberationShapira-Lishchinsky, 2010; Tirri, 2010; De