Jennifer Mary Poskitt is a New Zealand academic who is a full professor at Massey University with experience in educational assessment.
Jenny Poskitt | |
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 Poskitt in 2002 | |
| Other names | Jennifer Mary Poskitt |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Theses | |
| Doctoral advisor | Don McAlpine, John Codd |
| Other advisors | Wayne Leonard Edwards |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Educational assessment |
| Institutions | Massey University |
Career
editPoskitt is a trained teacher, and worked as a primary school teacher.[1] Poskitt completed a master's degree on school culture and a PhD on action research and individualised learning programmes, both at Massey University.[2][3] Poskitt then joined the faculty of Massey University, rising to full professor in 2024.[4]
Poskitt is co-founder of the New Zealand Assessment Institute, with Michael Absolum. The institute is an "advocacy body focused on improving system capability in educational assessment".[1] In 2022, Poskitt was appointed as the Chair of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority Technical Overview Group Assessment.[5] The Chair of the NZQA Board, Tracey Martin, acknowledged Poskitt's more than thirty year career in educational assessment.[5] Poskitt has advised on educational assessment in a number of groups and institutions, including through the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ Academic Tahuhu Committee, the University of Glasgow, and the South Australian Certificate in Education Board.[5]
Honours and awards
editIn 2022, Poskitt was awarded the Massey University Research Supervisor Medal.[4][6] The award recognised Poskitt's "sustained and significant contributions to educational assessment research with impacts on policy and practice, both nationally and internationally", and also noted that she had supervised more than 70 postgraduate students.[6]
Selected works
edit- Jenny Poskitt (2 October 2014). "Transforming professional learning and practice in assessment for learning". Curriculum Journal. 25 (4): 542–566. doi:10.1080/09585176.2014.981557. ISSN 0958-5176. Wikidata Q126920590.
- Jenny Poskitt (1 May 2001). "Schools doing it for themselves: Successful professional development". set Research Information for Teachers (1): 4–7. doi:10.18296/SET.0765. ISSN 0110-6376. Wikidata Q126920589.
- Poskitt, Jennifer Mary (1989), An ethnographic study of two schools : some aspects of school culture and the significance for change, Massey Research Online, hdl:10179/5625, Wikidata Q112848194
References
edit- ^ a b webtrendz (22 February 2018). "Our people – NZAI | New Zealand Assessment Institute". Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Poskitt, Jennifer Mary (1989). An ethnographic study of two schools: some aspects of school culture and the significance for change (Master's thesis). Massey Research Online. hdl:10179/5625.
- ^ Poskitt, Jennifer Mary (1994). Research as learning: the realities of action research in a New Zealand individualised learning programme (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online. hdl:10179/3056.
- ^ a b "2023 Professorial promotions announced". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Academic's appointment recognises decades of experience". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Seven University Research Medals awarded for 2022". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 28 June 2024.