EDU 3063TUTORIAL WEEK 11

FIZALNIA

FAFATINIE

CULTURE – BASED ASSESSMENT

• Concept and Purpose• The role of teachers in providing culture-

based assessment• Principles• Important characteristics of culture-based

assessment• Types

Concept of Culture-Based Assessment

Assessment ->

a process of obtaining useful information to make judgments about further action.

a systematic process to obtain information in making decisions on actions to be taken in the

future.

According to Hall (1959, cited in Modul PGSR, 2010 ), culture is

a set pattern experienced by individuals as a way to act, feel,

and do something.

Erickson (1997, cited in Modul PGSR, 2010) further added that

cultural attributes associated with education are explicit

(such as human habits) and implicit (such as values,

assumptions and beliefs).

Culture-based assessment means:

the assessment performed by the teacher to gather information in decision-making, should take into account

students' cultural diversity so that decisions made are valid and reliable.

In fact, culture-based evaluation plays an increasingly important role in education.

Collection of data about the knowledge and skills of students by using appropriate assessment tools/techniques taking into

consideration the students’ cultural diversities is crucial in order to obtain valid results.

Purpose of Culture-Based Assessment

• Provide feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of teaching and learning and the development of educational programmes.

• Gather information for the development, diagnosis and further action.

• Evaluate the use of authentic and alternative procedures.

• Acquire data about learning opportunities for all students.

• Collect information on whether it will take into consideration the linguistic and cultural relevance.

• Determine the need of appropriate language for the formal assessment.

• Reduce the bias in traditional assessment practices

The Role of Teachers in Providing Culture-Based Assessment

Teachers needs -> the ability in designing culture-based assessment tools that can provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their competence in a variety of ways based on local

conditions, including the knowledge and skills related to the understanding of traditional cultural practices.

Teachers should -> take into account a variety of problem-solving skills in assessing the learning potential of the

students under their care and provide appropriate opportunities for students to improve themselves.

The teacher's role is to address the cultural issues when they

teach and develop appropriate evaluation tools.

Therefore, it can be said that culture is not only affecting the

daily practices (patterns of behaviour, traditions, habits or

customs) but also the way students understand and perceive

cultural issues in the teaching and learning process.

• Should be based on student’s learning

• Should be able to portray the individual differences in learning

• Should be fair to all students

PRINCIPLES OF CULTURE – BASED

ASSESSMENT

IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS

OF CULTURE-BASED ASSESSMENT

Language has a great influence on the way student

respond to tasks

Teachers should not create any kind of cultural sensitivity

or biasness

Teachers must be sensitive to that there are several

characteristics that need to be given as emphasis when designing the assessment

tools

formative assessment constructed should revolve around the same context or

issues in T&L

Assessment tools design should focus on matters that are not sensitive to students

from any kind of cultural background

Culture-Based Assessment

• continuous and systematic evaluation to assess abilities, interests, attitudes, and social skills of pupils.

How?

• Daily observations of students’ behavior, learning and social encounters in the Classrooms situations

• -check list, • record, • card

Portfolio Assessment

• make students reflect on what has been implemented

• level of their abilities• areas need to be improved

Writing Journal

• opportunity for students to share personal insight

Project

• opportunity to contribute ideas according to their abilities

• suits students from different cultural backgrounds with individual difference

• able to explore topics of their interest based on the topics of multicultural literature

Teacher-designed tests based on Teaching

Self-assessment

• A) Student’s • respond to questions about their learning

regularly in teacher-pupil conferences.• B) Teacher Self-Assessment• To determine teaching effectiveness