Dr Jonathan H Robbins

Values Based Education, Assessment, Hermeneutics and Pedagogy: the case for a meaningful 21st Century assessment paradigm

August 2, 2018

40th Annual Conference (2014), Dr Jonathan H Robbins

At all stages of education the development of Character, Citizenship, Inter-personal skills, Employability and similar attributes are of increasing international importance. The aim of this paper is to present the…

Applications of process control for the maintenance of standards and the quality assurance of results in a connoisseurship model of assessment

August 2, 2018

33rd annual conference (2007), Dr Jonathan H Robbins

Classical methods of estimating reliability based on correlations are not appropriate for a connoisseurship model of assessment. Difficulties arise because of the complexity of the judgements that have to be…

Fit for purpose or simply flabby? The need for alternative forms of assessment for enterprise education in England

August 2, 2018

33rd annual conference (2007), Dr Jonathan H Robbins, Paddy O’Hagan

This paper is written from the context of publicly funded qualifications, exploring the impact that this has on assessment and practice. The phrase &#8216,assessment must be fit for purpose&#8217, frequently…

A Report on the Development of African Performance Awards and Assessments (DAPAMA) Initiative

August 2, 2018

36th annual conference (2010), Dr Jonathan H Robbins, Professor John Howard

An increasingly mobile and globally employed workforce results in the inter-dependence of systems of educational qualifications and issues relating to equivalences. Increasing correspondence between systems drives a need for accreditations…

The behaviour of the orchestral conductor as a model for exploring Values-Based Education

August 2, 2018

40th Annual Conference (2014), Dr Jonathan H Robbins, Professor John Howard

Values Based Education is of growing importance both in the United Kingdom, in Singapore and elsewhere. It subsumes many of the competencies inferred by the notion of 21st Century Skills,…

New demands, changing values: applications of connoisseurship to the assessment of personal qualities and attributes in diverse cultural and educational settings.

August 2, 2018

33rd annual conference (2007), Carl Emery, Dr Jonathan H Robbins

Education and employment are changing. New technologies and new working practices, globalisation, and changing markets mean that there is an increasing need for people who are adaptable, willing to learn,…

Whose performance is it anyway? Reflections on examining music, meanings, standards, and reliability in an international context.

August 2, 2018

33rd annual conference (2007), Dr Jonathan H Robbins, Professor John Howard

Forms of graded examinations in music developed in England over at least 150 years are being used internationally as qualifications that recognise achievement and standards of performance. An overview of…

Connoisseurship, assessments of performance and questions of reliability

July 19, 2018

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32nd annual conference (2006), Dr Jonathan H Robbins

Increasing emphasis is being placed on the importance of personal qualities and attributes such as creativity, inter-personal skills, leadership, communication, or aesthetic awareness. These qualities and attributes are not amenable…

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