QCR52C
Literature Curriculum and Assessment Design

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During QCR52C Literature Curriculum and Assessment Design, I

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1. Examined the principles and practices of Literature assessment and curriculum design 
    

2. Performed hands-on tasks relating to curriculum design, setting and marking written examinations, creating and assessing alternative forms of assessments and out-of-school learning journeys.
    

3. Engaged in critical reflective thinking about my teaching identities and practices in the context of my school experiences.

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I did so through completing the following learning tasks:-  

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1. Assignment 1 - Setting a written examination for unseen poetry short answer questions (based on Imtiaz Dharker's "Tissue") and essay and passage-based questions for the drama set text component (Jean Tay's Boom). 
    

2. Assignment 2 - As part of a group, created a formative assessment task based on transmediation, or translating Lee Tzu Pheng's "Singapore River" poem into a different medium (photography). 
    

3. Assignment 3 - Researched an area of literature pedagogy, curriculum and/or assessment of interest. I chose to focus on the possibility of materialist approaches that incorporated
    

• material culture studies

• drama pedagogy

• place-based literature (also known as spatial competencies and/or learning journeys) and the

• circulation of texts in World Literature

 

On the whole, the module provided me with adequate, hands-on experience in exploring the range of possible Literature assessments, as well as setting assessments that are guided and appropriately pitched while also remaining open ended for creative and critical work.