Quality assurance of assessment and moderation discourses involving sessional staff
Journal article
Grainger, Peter, Adie, Lenore and Weir, Katie. (2016). Quality assurance of assessment and moderation discourses involving sessional staff. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 41(4), pp. 548 - 559. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2015.1030333
Authors | Grainger, Peter, Adie, Lenore and Weir, Katie |
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Abstract | Quality assurance is a major agenda in tertiary education. The casualisation of academic work, especially in teaching, is also a quality assurance issue. Casual or sessional staff members teach and assess more than 50% of all university courses in Australia, and yet the research in relation to the role sessional staff play in quality assurance of student assessment outcomes is scarce. Moderation processes are a pivotal part of robust quality assurance measures. Drawing upon previous work surrounding four discourses of moderation, this pilot project reports the results of research into the role and impact of sessional staff in moderation processes at tertiary level. Qualitative data were gathered through focus interviews. Results, in the form of various moderation discourses, indicate that sessional staff impact the formal quality assurance processes in numerous ways. |
Keywords | assessment; moderation; consensus; university; sessional staff |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education |
Journal citation | 41 (4), pp. 548 - 559 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2015.1030333 |
Page range | 548 - 559 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/88v21/quality-assurance-of-assessment-and-moderation-discourses-involving-sessional-staff
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