VIRTUAL EVENT: Can and should assessment nurture an orientation to society and social justice?

From a critical theory perspective, education should facilitate movement from a conception of the individual as autonomous, towards the individual as a member of a larger society. 

In this event, Jan McArthur and Margaret Blackie will describe a longitudinal study on chemistry and chemical engineering undergraduate students at universities in the UK, South Africa and the USA.

They will explore how the findings show that more may be required to achieve higher education that is oriented to society and social justice. More than simply the deliberate inclusion of socially-related activities in the curriculum, or as assessment tasks.

Speakers

• Jan McArthur, Lancaster University
• Margaret Blackie, Stellenbosch University
• Nicole Pitterson, Virginia Tech
• Kayleigh Rosewell, Lancaster University

Links

• Centre for Global Higher Education
• Department of Education, Practice and Society

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