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Using authentic assessment to enhance seafarer student engagement and their ability to transfer learning
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Ghosh, S and Bowles, M and Ranmuthugala, D and Brooks, B, Using authentic assessment to enhance seafarer student engagement and their ability to transfer learning, Proceedings of the 16th Annual General Assembly of the International Association of Maritime universities, 7-10 October, Opatija, Croatia, pp. 93-98. ISBN 978-953-165-116-5 (2015) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Past research shows that seafarer employers are critical of some of the
assessment methods adopted by the educators at maritime education and training
institutes (METs) to assess the competence of seafarers. The criticisms included the
failure to develop and assess the holistic skills required to deploy competence in a range
of contexts. Moreover, the decontextualized scenarios used in assessment methods
disengage students from the learning process as they fail to recognize the significance
of learning to the real-world. This paper argues that seafarer students can be engaged
through authentic assessments conducted in real-world contexts that will test their ability
to put theoretical knowledge developed in classrooms to practical settings resembling
workplace scenarios. The arguments are based on the theories of constructivism and
self-efficacy that underpin the concept of authentic assessment. The theories are used to
explain greater student engagement through involvement in the process of knowledge
construction that also develops metacognitive skills for the transfer of learning to
different contexts. The theoretical arguments are supported with empirical evidence
from past research to provide a robust justification for the use of authentic assessment in
seafarer training to obtain similar outcomes.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | seafarer, authentic assessment, student engagement, learning transfer |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Maritime engineering |
| Research Field: | Marine engineering |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
| Objective Field: | Management, resources and leadership |
| UTAS Author: | Ghosh, S (Dr Samrat Ghosh) |
| UTAS Author: | Bowles, M (Dr Marcus Bowles) |
| UTAS Author: | Ranmuthugala, D (Professor Dev Ranmuthugala) |
| UTAS Author: | Brooks, B (Associate Professor Benjamin Brooks) |
| ID Code: | 103508 |
| Year Published: | 2015 |
| Deposited By: | Seafaring |
| Deposited On: | 2015-10-14 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-04-05 |
| Downloads: | 8 View Download Statistics |
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