ASSESSMENT SHOCK: UNDERSTANDING CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' FIRST
YEAR EXPERIENCES IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES
DR JIMING ZHOU, COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE, FUDAN
UNIVERSITY
Education practitioners in Australian universities face an ongoing
problem: how can we acculturate the large population of Chinese
international students to the Australian university learning context?
Join Fudan University's Dr Jiming Zhou as she discusses the concept of
“assessment shock” as experienced by Chinese international
students in their first year in Australian universities, the cognitive
and socio-cultural reasons behind the shock, and the pedagogical
implications for assessment design and enactment.
This seminar shares findings from a recent project exploring Chinese
international students’ perceptions and practices related to
assessment tasks in the first year at Deakin University. Ten students
were recruited from each of the four broad disciplinary fields most
frequently studied by Chinese international students, i.e. management
and commerce, engineering and related technologies, information
technology, and arts and education. Focus group discussions and
individual interviews were conducted to explore STUDENTS’
understandings and behavior related to various assessment tasks. One
unit chair/tutor from each broad discipline was also interviewed to
compare and contrast the educators’ perspective.
Findings suggest prior assessment experience mediates students’
perception of assessment tasks and culture. Students reported
difficulties in 1) appreciating the values of some higher-order skills
assessed in university contexts; 2) developing sophisticated
understandings about “abstract” criteria; and 3) interacting with
tutors about the meanings of assessment tasks and the way to move
forward.
The seminar will conclude with discussions about how understanding
“assessment shock” carries the potential to enhance first-year
student transition and develop learner assessment literacy.
After JIMING'S PRESENTATION, join us for afternoon tea to continue the
conversation around understanding the EXPERIENCES OF FIRST-year
CHINESE STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES.
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Jiming Zhou [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jiming_Zhou3] is a
senior lecturer at Fudan University, China. She holds a PhD in
education from the University of Hong Kong. Her current research
interests include assessment and learning, educational innovation, and
students’ school-university transition.
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