Dr Simon Paul Atkinson (PFHEA)
Enhancing Institutional Outcomes
Note: Updated high-quality versions of educational taxonomies are available here Whilst the majority of writings and reflections on the use of taxonomies of educational objectives remain focused on the cognitive domain, typified by Bloom (1984), there is growing attention to the affective domain, particularly in professional education. Bloom’s now famous research project, which resulted …
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Sharing a paper today on the visualisation of educational taxonomies. I have finally got around to putting into a paper some of the blog postings, discussion, tweets and ruminations of recent years on educational taxonomies. I am always struck in talking to US educators (and faculty training teachers in particular) of the very direct use …
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In my last posting I suggested that a module specification could usefully have four sections, clearly articulated, for Intended Learning Outcomes, so that a student could identify from their assessment evidence that they had met specific ILOs in a range of domains. In doing so they not only have a useful platform to identify future …
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