Been There, Done That: Personal Reflections on Building a Culture of Assessment

Been There, Done That: Personal Reflections on Building a Culture of Assessment

Date: 26 March 2008 (Wednesday)
Speaker: Prof. Mark Gaylord (Visiting Scholar, School of Law)

In this luncheon, Prof. Mark S. Gaylord, a Visiting Professor in the School of Law has been invited to share with colleagues his valuable experiences in developing and implementing a system for assessing student and program outcomes in the U.S.

Prof. Gaylord has been a sociology professor for nearly three decades, and for six years he was the Dean of Liberal Arts at a community college in the U.S. One of his tasks was to help develop and implement a system for assessing student and program outcomes. He will talk about his institution’s up-and-down struggle to achieve success. In his view, one important key is to lead teachers to see the personal benefits of assessing their students’ learning. He will also talk about what it means to build a “culture of assessment.”

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