Personal details
- Name
- Adjunct Professor Val Klenowski
- Position(s)
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Education,
School of Teacher Education and Leadership - Discipline *
- Curriculum and Pedagogy, Specialist Studies in Education
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 3336
- val.klenowski@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
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PhD (University of London)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Founding Member – AEA (Association for Educational Assessment – Europe)
- Member – The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- Member – AARE (Australian Association for Research in Education)
- Keywords
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assessment, assessment and learning, assessment and pedagogy, classroom assessment, curriculum, evaluation, standards and moderation, teacher judgement
Biography
Background Val Klenowski is an Adjunct Professor of Education. She has conducted international research in curriculum development and assessment practice, from the level of early childhood through to higher education. She is particularly interested in teachers’ classroom assessment practices and the interrelationships of learning, curriculum and pedagogy. She has held a diverse range of teaching and learning roles:
- teacher
- researcher
- evaluator
- academic advisor
- policy officer
- professional developer.
She has worked as academic advisor to Education Queensland and has conducted policy related research. Her research interests include the development and improvement of teachers’ assessment, curriculum and pedagogic practices for all learners. She has studied classroom assessment practices that enhance learning and that provide insights into how we can support students in their own learning through assessment. She has supervised 25 research masters and 11 doctoral students to completion. These post graduate students held research interests in assessment and curriculum reform. She has been a joint Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Grants exploring standards-driven reform in assessment in the middle years of schooling, digital portfolios and culture-fair assessment. She has been an editor of the Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice journal.
Publications
- Hipwell P, Klenowski V, (2011) A case for addressing the literacy demands of student assessment, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy p127-146
- Connolly S, Klenowski V, Wyatt-Smith C, (2012) Moderation and consistency of teacher judgement: teachers' views, British Educational Research Journal p593-614
- Klenowski V, Ehrich L, Kapitzke C, Trigger K, (2011) Building support for learning within a Doctor of Education programme, Teaching in Higher Education p681-693
- Klenowski V, (2011) Assessment for learning in the accountability era: Queensland, Australia, Studies in Educational Evaluation p78-83
- Klenowski V, (2011) Assessment reform and educational change in Australia, Assessment Reform in Education: Policy and Practice p63-74
- Klenowski V, (2010) Curriculum evaluation: Approaches and methodologies, International Encyclopedia of Education [3rd edition], Volume 1 p335-341
- Klenowski V, (2010) Portfolio Assessment, International Encyclopedia of Education [3rd edition], Volume 3 p236-242
- Klenowski V, Wyatt-Smith C, (2010) Standards-driven reform years 1-10: moderation an optional extra, Australian Educational Researcher p21-40
- Wyatt-Smith C, Klenowski V, Gunn S, (2010) The centrality of teachers' judgement practice in assessment: a study of standards in moderation, Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice p59-75
- Klenowski V, (2002) Developing portfolios for learning and assessment : processes and principles
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- Sustainable Selves: A New Assessment Model For Marginalised Secondary Students
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0883643
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Youth;Assessment;Education;Sociology;Adolescents;Marginalised Students
- Title
- Developing Culturally-Fair Assessment Practices To Achieve Greater Equity And Success For Indigenous Students
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0883320
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Culturally Fair Assessment;Indigenous Learners;Teacher Assessment;Assessment Capacity;Equity;Assessment Tasks
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Assessment Policy Change in Relation to English Language Teaching and Learning in China: A Study of Perspectives from Two Universities (2011)
- Towards Learner Autonomy: An Assessment for Learning Approach (2011)
- Developing shared understandings of standards-based assessment: Online moderation practices across geographically diverse contexts (2010)