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

2. One way of seeing is one way of understanding

3. Distant
Intimate

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

5. Here’s two more…
Wellbeing Esteem

7. Wellbeing is a complex, contested and distant concept

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

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

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

11. Self

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

13. Self esteems

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