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From the students themselves:
We were feeling happy in the lessons. We learnt more when we felt
happy. We learnt better in the new teaching mode.
THE IMPACT OF THE AFL PDP ON TEACHING
A number of research methods were used to collect data to investigate the
impacts of the AfL PDP on teaching. Below are some of the comments
directly made by the teachers:
Whenever we come across the word ‘assessment’ or ‘internal assessment’,
we automatically associate it with the tests and exams in our
school. Grades and marks are our concern. In fact, assessment can
be used to support learning. We could pay more attention to setting
criteria and understanding how students learn and monitor student
learning.
I think my understanding of assessment has changed a lot since I participated
in the AfL PDP programme. First of all I come to understand
that assessment is not just about giving students a grade or grouping
them into diff erent levels.
The function of assessment also includes facilitating teaching and
enhancing learning. Assessment can help us examine how eff ective our
teaching and learning is.
After joining this PDP, when I plan my lessons, I would deliberate
‘What’ and ‘How’ I should assess my students.
We’ve benefi ted from the AfL PDP. From the workshops and seminars,
we got to understand and learn the skills and theories of AfL. We
learnt the ten AfL guiding principles and how to integrate them for use
in preparing our lessons. With the support from the professors, we felt
that we have made a lot of progress in teaching.
Being able to self-refl ect is very important to teachers’ professional
development. Throughout the process, we continuously refl ect on our
assessment practices and make necessary changes to teaching so that
students can learn better.
And the TLC meeting . . . diff erent subjects of TLC meetings, for me
is Mathematics TLC meeting . . . the presentations and discussions of
the TLC meetings enabled us to learn more. And lesson observation