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Further reading

This collection of resources explores the impact of assessment on student identity and promotes nurturing educational strategies that focus on personal, social, and emotional development to empower the whole student.


Whether you’re looking to better understand how assessment shapes student identity, or seeking evidence for gentler, more empowering educational approaches, these resources offer valuable insights for approaches committed to nurturing the whole student.

Harris, B. (2008) “Befriending the two-headed monster: personal, social and emotional development in schools in challenging times” in British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 36:4, 367-383 https://doi.org/10.1080/03069880802364494

Reay, D. and William, D. (1999) “I’ll be a nothing”: structure, agency and the construction of identity through assessment”, British Educational Research Journal, 25: 343– 354. https://icingonthecakeblog.weebly.com/blog/fft-tea-leaves-in-education

Bartlett, C. (2007) Expectations, encouragement and Empowerment – an Education: An alternative to Targets, testing and Tables – a Tragedy, Lulu

Brown, A. (2011) Reassessing the Culture of Assessment: Weighing Pigs Does Not Make Them Heavier, Grove Books

Brackett, M.A., Reyes, M.R., Rivers, S.E., Elbertson, N.A., & Salovey, P. (2011). “Classroom emotional climate, teacher affiliation, and student conduct”, in Journal of Classroom Interaction, 46, pp. 27-36.

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