Students as Zombies: How Can We Awaken the Undead?

Rebecca Westrup

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-934-9_11

Students as Zombies: How Can We Awaken the Undead?

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Abstract

Drawing on educational assessment research and literature and my reflections of working with students in Higher Education this chapter utilizes the metaphor of 'zombie' as an analytical tool to explore the interplay between assessments in compulsory education and the changing nature of some undergraduate students' learner identities. The chapter will consider how assessment in schools is creating a living dead culture within children's and young people's educational careers. Using the findings of a small-scale which explored students' and lecturers' experiences of Dialogue+, an intervention designed to support students' knowledge and understanding of assessment and feedback practices in universities, the chapter will then explore and discuss possible antidotes to the situation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Generation Z
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	11
Pages	145-157
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	978-981-287-932-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-934-9_11
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2015

Publication series

Name	Generation Z
ISSN (Print)	2345-7708
ISSN (Electronic)	2345-7716

Keywords

Young People
Compulsory Education
Educational Career
Lecture Theatre
Seminar Room

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10.1007/978-981-287-934-9_11

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