Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh

Senior Lecturer, Educational Assessment and Ethics, Faculty of Education Ilana.Finefter-Rosenbluh@monash.edu

Core expertise

Educational assessment
Educational ethics
Educational theory and policy
Teacher practice

Biography

Ilana is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education. Her key areas of research interest are in educational assessment, with particular emphasis on the ethical discourses of education, and the way they could inform policy and practice.
Drawing on her extensive counselling and teaching work experiences in diverse international educational environments, she’s researching and writing about how assessment, in all its forms, is being discussed, understood and acted on, and the way ethical intricacies are experienced and negotiated in both public and private education settings.

articles

School exam tables in an examination hall

Students think the ATAR is ‘unfair’, but we need to be careful about replacing it

A common criticism of the ATAR is that it doesn’t tell universities enough about potential students. But so-called “narrative evaluation” models of assessment have their issues, too.

Education

How secular teachers navigate working in religious schools

A study has identified secular teachers’ struggles working in Jewish religious schools in Australia, the US and Israel. Some teachers resigned, others adapted, and others opposed the system from inside.

Education

Kids holding large jigsaw pieces up to the sunset light.

Time to re-plan NAPLAN

NAPLAN scores are used to gauge the quality of schools. But the overemphasis on only literacy and numeracy scores stands in the way of providing a more holistic education.

Education

Drawing of mother teaching kids at home.

Parents' lessons for teachers

While it's hoped schooling will return to "normal" post-COVID remote learning, the experiences of parents should inform educators' practices of the future.

Education

Levelling the Year 12 playing field

The pandemic has paved the way for much-needed inclusive assessments in Victorian schools, taking into account more than just students’ academic capabilities.

Education

Creating 'pandemic-resilient' schools

The COVID-19 crisis highlights educational systems’ ethical responsibility in providing more than just grades signifying curricular mastery.

Education