SWOT analysis on policies on formative assessment in CE in Norway

Prepared by: OsloMet team

Designed by: Socialiniu projektu institutas, Lithuania

 The context of the Norway / Oslo / Oslo Metropolitan University

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SWOT analysis regarding policies on formative assessment in citizenship education in Norway / Oslo / Oslo Metropolitan University

 

Strengths

  • The opportunity to meet people from different cultures and backgrounds gave me a great insight in how teaching and assessment is done in different parts of Europe.
  • Meeting new colleagues, both in Norway and abroad,creates new opportunities for personal development,but also for students if we choose to connect with classes from other parts of the world.
  • Getting inspiration from other teachers.
  • Create, discuss and exchange teaching plans in a professional community
  • Reflect on your own practice
    Gain a deeper understanding of what formative assessment is and how it can be done.
  • Concretely defined what is included in the concept of democratic citizenship.
  • Socializing with the other participants has been hugely important 🙂

Weaknesses

  • Time constraint during the workshops was a problem. A lot of great discussions was “killed” by a tight schedule.
  • Short workshops. Should have spanned one or two more days.
  • I'm not very good at Czech, so finding my way around train stations was difficult.
  • Some of the lessons about formative assessment, were known topics for some of us. We already work a lot on this in our edicational setting.

Opportunities

  • New tools for assessment and great ideas in how this could be done.
  • New colleagues to talk to, and share ideas and thought with, making assessment better.
  • We have developed a good rubric for use in group work. Made it more concrete for me and for the students.
  • Inspiration from other subjects is shared with subject teachers here at our school..
  • Opportunity to discuss the use of formative assessment with colleagues.
  • Knowledge about different school system and societies
  • Opportunity to concretize the work with specific aspects of democratic citizenship.
  • We have been inspired by other ALiCE participants to focus on the students’ reflections and active participation in the teaching- and assessment process.

Threats

  • Apart from a “political correct” wave in society, which can mute students opinions and voices, I see no threats around assessing democracy and citizenship.
  • Everyday life catches up with you. Follow-up of individual students, work with the classroom environment and administrative work takes timeand energy.
  • Having to change the focus from final assessment to formative assessment at our school is a "battle" that can be difficult to lead.
  • It's a change for me as well, and it's easy to go back to the safe, familiar things you used to and know.
  • To develop approaches to CE has to be adjusted to the societal- and school context, hence it requires time and experience to find good lasting practices.
  • Students in Norway are very lean back and difficult to engage.
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