Assessment as a way of making meaning Dr. Tim O’Brien. UCL Institute of Education Learning First. 30.09.2017. How superficial assessment creates psychological traps

One way of seeing is one way of understanding

Distant Intimate

Intimate and Distant concepts Examples of distant concepts Happiness Stress Inclusion Umbrella terminology in education CPD

Here’s two more… Wellbeing Esteem

Wellbeing is a complex, contested and distant concept

Intimate Wellbeing… Professional Autonomy Pressures of assessment Workload Availability of time

Its time to get more intimate Wellbeing… Stress Anxiety Resilience Sense of self Personalise

SELF ESTEEM Self: My sense of ‘me’ or ‘I’ that is created inside my head Esteem: Feelings of worth

Self

Self-esteem is a distant concept that creates a psychological trap

Self esteems

On behalf of the children and young people you work with… Challenge distance: Concepts Thinking Responses