UGEAN Capacity Building

All UGEAN members are active in building the capacity of the next generation of educational assessment researchers and practitioners. They teach on undergraduate, post-graduate and professional learning programmes and courses such as the University of Glasgow’s B Tech Ed + MA Religious and Philosophical Education; M Educ; PGDE (secondary) and PGDE (primary); MSc Psychological Studies; MSc Psychology; MSc Education, and supervise doctoral students in addition to students undertaking post-graduate research as part of those courses.

For those interested in developing a deep understanding of assessment, UGEAN has designed the MSc Assessment in Education (Programme development led by Louise Hayward). The programme, led by David Morrison-Love includes courses designed, led and delivered by Louise Hayward, Carolyn Hutchinson, Kara Makara, George MacBride, David Morrison-Love, Ernest Spencer and Lesley Wiseman-Orr:

  • Principles and Theories of Assessment for Social Justice
  • Assessment for Improvement, Accountability and Social Justice
  • Theoretical Underpinning and Practical Issues in Tests and Examinations
  • Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy: International Perspectives
  • Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy: Understanding Learners

 

UGEAN members (Louise Hayward, Kara Makara, Ernest Spencer, Lesley Wiseman-Orr) also contribute to other courses within the MSc Education:

  • Contemporary Themes in Educational Policy
  • Introduction to Educational and Social Research

 

PhD SUPERVISION

PhDs awarded

Jie Zhang (2020) Chinese postgraduate taught students' transitional experience in the UK: the role of social connections. Supervisors: Dely Elliot and Kara Makara.

Maya Puspitasari (2020) Investigating the washback effect of the national examination on Indonesian practices: Perceptions of teachers, students and parents of test impact. Supervisors:  Louise Hayward and Oscar Odena.

Nasim Ibrahim A Alghamdi (2020) Providing insight into assessment practices in medical school at one Saudi Higher Education Institution: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Supervisors:  Louise Hayward and Kay Livingston.

Ziyou Wang (2019) Exploring curriculum policy implementation through the relationship between policy and practice: case studies of modern languages in primary schools in Scotland and Shanghai.  Supervisors: Bob Davis and Louise Hayward.

Alicia Giffen (2017) Exploring the educational experiences of children and young people with non-syndromic cleft lip and or palate in the west of Scotland.  Supervisors: Louise Hayward and Margaret McCulloch.

Current PhD students

Azima Binti Abdul Aziz: An investigation of the relationship between policy and practice in the enactment process of KSSR curriculum policy in Malaysian primary schools.  Supervisors: Hazel Crichton and Louise Hayward.

Bayan Fahad M Alghanmi: A study on EFL students’ perception of self-assessment in speaking and its effect on achievement, critical thinking and self-regulation.  Supervisors: Louise Hayward and Georgina Wardle.

Dayana Balgabekova: Mentoring Novice Teachers in Kazakhstani Secondary Schools.  Supervisors: Kay Livingston and Kara Makara.

Hsin-yi Shih: A cross-cultural study of self-efficacy and academic help-seeking. Supervisors: Dely Elliot and Kara Makara. 

Jingwei Song: Assessing for Learning in English Language Classrooms in China. Supervisors: Louise Hayward and Sally Zacharias.

Michael Taylor: A comparative study of factors in the enactment of Assessment Policies in Scotland and England. Supervisors: Chris Chapman and Louise Hayward.

International visiting PhD students

Iulia Mancila, University of Malaga. Supervisor: Louise Hayward

Sirats Santa Cruz, Mondragon Unibertsitatea. Supervisor: Louise Hayward

 

DOCTORAL EXTERNAL EXAMINING

Louise Hayward has been external examiner for Queen's University, Belfast; University of Stirling; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); University of Strathclyde; University of Punjab; University of Malaga; University of Iceland.


OTHER CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES

  • Development and delivery of assessment workshops for SCQFP (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership) (Lesley Wiseman-Orr)