Alternative democratic assessment in PETE: An action-research study exploring risks, challenges and solutions

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-96

  Lorente, Eloisa ^a   Kirk, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical pedagogy; Democratic assessment; Formative assessment; Higher Education; Peer assessment; PETE; Self assessment; Shared assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871245320     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2012.713859     Document Type: Article

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