Responsibility-sharing in the giving and receiving of assessment feedback

Abstract

Many argue that effective learning requires students to take a substantial share of responsibility for their academic development, complementing the responsibilities taken by their educators. Yet this notion of responsibility-sharing receives minimal discussion in the context of assessment feedback, where responsibility for enhancing learning is often framed as lying principally with educators. Developing discussion on this issue is critical: many barriers can prevent students from engaging meaningfully with feedback, but neither educators nor students are fully empowered to remove these barriers without collaboration. In this discussion paper we argue that a culture of responsibility-sharing in the giving and receiving of feedback is essential, both for ensuring that feedback genuinely benefits students by virtue of their skilled and proactive engagement, and also for ensuring the sustainability of educators’ effective feedback practices. We propose some assumptions that should underpin such a culture, and we consider the practicalities of engendering this cultural shift within modern higher education.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01519
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences
Additional Information: © 2017 Nash and Winstone. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Uncontrolled Keywords: feedback,assessment,student engagement,teaching excellence,culture,sustainability,Psychology(all)
Publication ISSN: 1664-1078
Last Modified: 11 Mar 2024 08:18
Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2017 09:55
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-09-06
Accepted Date: 2017-08-22
Authors: Nash, Robert A. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-2284-2001)
Winstone, Naomi E.

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