Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools

Drawing on the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, this study calls into question aspects of functional behaviour assessment’s inheritance from behavioural science. The nature of the inquiry is narrative, autobiographical, reflective, hermeneutical and phenomenological. It asks the question: In what ways mi...

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Main Author: Vanderaa, Sonja
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/368
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description Drawing on the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, this study calls into question aspects of functional behaviour assessment’s inheritance from behavioural science. The nature of the inquiry is narrative, autobiographical, reflective, hermeneutical and phenomenological. It asks the question: In what ways might openness to the self, to the other and to the situation, contribute to a more pedagogically sensitive practice of functional assessment in schools? It conceives of openness as an act of resistance.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-3682021-07-02T00:57:09Z Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools Vanderaa, Sonja Drawing on the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, this study calls into question aspects of functional behaviour assessment’s inheritance from behavioural science. The nature of the inquiry is narrative, autobiographical, reflective, hermeneutical and phenomenological. It asks the question: In what ways might openness to the self, to the other and to the situation, contribute to a more pedagogically sensitive practice of functional assessment in schools? It conceives of openness as an act of resistance. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/368 en Curtin University fulltext
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Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools
title Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools
title_full Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools
title_fullStr Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools
title_full_unstemmed Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools
title_short Towards openness: A reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools
title_sort towards openness: a reflection on functional behaviour assessment in schools
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/368