Abstract
The assessment of ethics education events requires high-level awareness and application of educational principles and methods. Essentially assessment focuses on evidence-based endeavors to determine the extent to which students have internalized a unique individualized set of skills, specifically skills to address ethical dilemmas in their personal and professional lives. This entry focuses on the following aspects: definition of assessment, assessment approaches (summative assessment, formative assessment), quality principles of assessment (transparency, validity, reliability, sufficiency, fairness), assessment instruments and methods (text-based methods, oratory-oriented methods, arts-based methods), rating scales (quantitative scales, qualitative feedback), and assessors (educator-assessors, peer-assessors, self-assessors).
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This entry is the work product of two academics of the Tshwane University of Technology and the University of the Western Cape, respectively. However, the statements, opinions, or conclusions contained therein do not necessarily represent the statements, opinions, or conclusions of the respective universities.
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Hoffmann, W.A., Nortjé, N. (2015). Education: Assessment. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_162-1
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