Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: This paper describes innovative assessment practices in a first-year course in employment relations that includes a poster assessment item.Starting from the premise that the term 'text' is more than just print material and includes various forms of visual communication, this paper argues that teaching and learning methods need to incorporate visual forms of communication and assessment.The paper describes the role of student posters as a means of communicating to a wider audience the conclusions of a workplace-based project.In particular, it describes and analyses five basic approaches students used to create their posters.Drawing from the communication literature on the role of pictures in the processing of print texts, film theory, and the teaching and learning literature, the paper analyses the usefulness of the various approaches taken by students.The outcomes of the project are a better knowledge of how students conceptualise the task and create their posters.This will assist tertiary teachers who use poster assessment to understand the dynamics of the task and to guide students in creating richer and more meaningful posters.
Source: Griffith Research Online
Authors: Janis Bailey, Cameron Allan, Leigh Pointon
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1565832642