“Here’s looking at you, kid.’’ From Big Brother to Big Brother: teenagers under surveillance
Book Chapter
Sambell, K. (2012)
“Here’s looking at you, kid.’’ From Big Brother to Big Brother: teenagers under surveillance. In C. Ní Bhroin, & P. Kennon (Eds.), What do we tell the children? : critical essays on children's literature, (182-195). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
This chapter discusses the ways in which the young adult author, Melvin Burgess, engages with the theme of surveillance. It will focus on his 2006 novel, Sara's Face, arguing...
Towards an assessment partnership model?: students' experiences of being engaged as partners in Assessment for Learning (AfL) enhancement activity
Book Chapter
Sambell, K., & Graham, L. (2010)
Towards an assessment partnership model?: students' experiences of being engaged as partners in Assessment for Learning (AfL) enhancement activity. In S. Little (Ed.), Staff-student partnerships in higher education, (31-47). Continuum
The aim of this book is to build on existing and emerging expertise in staff-student partnerships that go beyond the consultation model, instead illustrating an approach of st...
'I didn't expect to get so much out of it myself': Student perspectives on the relationship between peer mentoring and self assessment
Book Chapter
Sambell, K., & Beven, P. (2009)
'I didn't expect to get so much out of it myself': Student perspectives on the relationship between peer mentoring and self assessment. In D. Hampton, & J. Potter (Eds.), Students supporting students, (15-18). Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA
This paper presents case study research into the student experience of becoming a mentor on an undergraduate Joint Honours programme at Northumbria University. The teaching te...
The medium became the message: the MEDAL project as learning space.
Book Chapter
Samberll, K., & Gibson, M. (2009)
The medium became the message: the MEDAL project as learning space. In L. Hodsdon, & R. Segal (Eds.), FDTL voices : drawing from learning and teaching projects, (100-107). Higher Education Academy
Our contribution offers a retrospective glimpse into some perspectives on the MEDAL (Making a difference: educational development to enhance academic literacy) project, a thre...
Private schools and political conflict in Nepal.
Book Chapter
Caddell, M. (2007)
Private schools and political conflict in Nepal. In G. Walford, & P. Srivastava (Eds.), Private Schooling in Less Economically Developed Countries: Asian and African Perspectives
Using computer-aided assessment
Book Chapter
Sambell, K., Sambell, A., & Sexton, G. (1999)
Using computer-aided assessment. In L. McDowell (Ed.), Using Information Technology in Teaching, Learning & Assessment. Northumbria University, MARCET
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The experience of innovative assessment: student perspectives
Book Chapter
McDowell, L., & Sambell, K. (1999)
The experience of innovative assessment: student perspectives. In S. Brown, & A. Glasner (Eds.), Assessment matters in higher education : choosing and using diverse approaches, 71-82. Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE
There has been considerable diversification in the methods of assessing student learning in higher education in recent years. Few courses in the UK now rely solely on the conve...