Listening to local voices? International targets and decentralised education planning in Nepal.
Journal Article
Caddell, M. (2005)
Listening to local voices? International targets and decentralised education planning in Nepal. International Journal of Educational Development, 25(4), 456-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.04.010
This article draws on a case study of district educational planning in Nepal to explore how education for all priorities and targets impact on educational practice at the sub-...
The role of formative ‘low-stakes’ assessment in supporting non-traditional students’ retention and progression in higher education: student perspectives
Journal Article
Sambell, K., & Hubbard, A. (2004)
The role of formative ‘low-stakes’ assessment in supporting non-traditional students’ retention and progression in higher education: student perspectives. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 6(2), 25-36
There is little doubt that strategies to widen participation in UK higher education are having a significant impact on institutions, curricula and staff (Collins & Lim, 2002)....
Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2004)
Carnivalising the future: a new approach to theorising childhood and adulthood in science fiction for young readers. Lion and the Unicorn, 28(2), 247-261
The comic narrative strategies that Reeve uses in Mortal Engines set it apart from the bulk of deeply serious, starkly pessimistic science fiction for young readers. Sambell i...
Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2003)
Perspectives on the Meanings of childhood in near-future fantasies produced for young people. Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, 88(2), 33-44
No abstract available.
Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research.
Journal Article
Power, R., & Williams, B. (2001)
Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research. BMJ, 323(7311), 514
Letter to Editor.
Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: students as stakeholders
Journal Article
Mcdowell, L., & Sambell, K. (1999)
Fitness for purpose in the assessment of learning: students as stakeholders. Quality in Higher Education, 5(2), 107-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/1353832990050202
A fitness‐for‐purpose approach to determining the quality of assessment practices in higher education requires the consideration of the perspectives of a range of stakeholders...
The Construction of the Hidden Curriculum: messages and meanings in the assessment of student learning
Journal Article
Sambell, K., & McDowell, L. (1998)
The Construction of the Hidden Curriculum: messages and meanings in the assessment of student learning. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 23(4), 391-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/0260293980230406
A wide range of diverse responses by individual students to innovative or alternative assessment are described and discussed, drawing on research data. Student perspectives ar...
Damn the dean and his funnel!: assessment and the expanded text in higher education
Journal Article
Johnson, R., & Sambell, K. (1998)
Damn the dean and his funnel!: assessment and the expanded text in higher education. The Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 49(3), 238-247
No abstract available.
“But is it fair?”: An exploratory study of student perceptions of the consequential validity of assessment
Journal Article
Sambell, K., McDowell, L., & Brown, S. (1997)
“But is it fair?”: An exploratory study of student perceptions of the consequential validity of assessment. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 23(4), 349-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-491x%2897%2986215-3
n the "Impact of Assessment" project, we have been studying the effects of alternative ways of assessing student learning through a number of case studies of assessment in pra...