Assess The Importance Of Feedback In Teaching And Learning

* Seeking feedback is important because it gives a worker some idea of how they are working - what they are doing well and what could be improved.

In my point of view feedback is an essential tool for learners’ progress. If the student is not assessing their work then they are not learning and given feedback are vital to ensure best practice is maintained and the learners are achieving to their full potential.

Feedback both positive and negative is important for personal development as it helps us to become more aware of what we do and how we do it. Both in good and bad ways, this feedback can then be used to self-develop and improve our practice.

Feedback is a vital part of the assessment process as it gives the assessor an idea of if the learner has met the criteria set and if they haven’t, what action is needed to achieve the criteria.

If the feedback is questionable then it becomes useless because it is not trusted. Positive and negative feedback will be more readily accepted if it is kept even, if it is more of one then it may not be received well by the learner for reasons that become obvious within the learner’s behavior or work.

By providing feedback the pupils will see more clearly what they need to do next and how to improve on their work if needed, examples of feedback could be questions in a group or a through a whole class discussion.

Arguably you could suggest that the most important part of initial assessment is giving feed back to the learner of the results. This as we have said previously allows the learner to set themselves achievable goals. They have possibly already learnt things about themselves that they didn’t know. For example what their preferred style is. The advantage of this feedback session is that both learner and tutor have set clear manageable targets and goals. This is turn can be seen as a motivational tool for the learner as they have been part of the process and know what is expected from them. This also instils the motivation for the teacher to make sure that the learner can achieve their goals

Constructive feedback is a feedback that is helpful. If praising, the acceptance is usually positive and responsive. However if the feedback is not so positive people can react different way. People may be shocked or surprised; they may feel anger or annoyance, some people just ignore criticism. Others may take it well and they like the advice on how to improve their practice.

There are many reasons why we assess learners. Assessments enable tutors to measure learner’s progress towards their goal. And feedback can be given to help them such as outlining their strengths and weaknesses. Feedback is used to help learners learn and improve, and is the most important aspect of formative assessment. This can be given in various ways such as written, oral, in the form of graded/marked assignment etc. When giving feedback it is good practice to bear in mind the following points. It is important to give immediate feedback if possible; turn negative comment into constructive comments such as what to improve on before the next assessment; make assessment criteria clear, accurate and available; feedback to be clear, accurate and recorded; praise learner on achievement; encourage positive attitudes and make further suggestions. Learners can be encouraged through communication of how well they are doing and what skills and knowledge they are developing.

Feedback is important in an assessment but it must not be negative, just be constructive but positive. You can use a sandwich approach; start with positive feedback, then constructive feedback, the ending on positive note. Giving the learner a positive action plan and reassurance that it can be achieved.

By seeking feedback from a senior staff member you can identify areas of improvement in your skills and take the necessary actions to improve an problems and gives you recognition of areas that you have a high level of competence in. Feedback informs you when you are doing the right thing and the wrong thing so that you can make adjustments to make them right and keep on improving them. Your supervisor or manager who may give you feedback may suggest what you could do better or point out areas for further development. They may also provide you with the support that they can provide you with as in on the job learning opportunities, mentoring or coaching and sharing knowledge. How the impact of your learning and development will be implemented

Feedback is the useful information or criticism that a person has provided to another person or group of individuals who will find the information helpful when improving future performance and practice. It is important for management to provide both positive and negative feedback; this feedback is constructive because it supports the personal and professional development of staff as well as having an effect on employee motivation, retention and satisfaction. It is important that as an organisation feedback is requested across the organisation (citizens, staff, other professionals etc) it is a factor in finding ways to make services and performance throughout the company better.

In their article “Teaching the Art and Craft of giving and receiving feedback, Harms and Roebuck suggest that in every work environment, the process of giving and receiving feedback is very vital in addressing the performance of employees and managers. They claimed from their research that in view of the fact that there is no stipulated guideline in proving feedback, the use of a qualitative and quantitative form of feedback mechanism should be incorporated in daily learning by students. Harms and Roebuck suggest that emphasis should be placed on ensuring that feedback is a two-way communication (Krug, 1998, cited in Harms and Roebuck,

Feedback is important when it can be executed effectively, both positive and negative are very helpful for an

Therefore, feedback is designed to provide useful information to participants to help develop and improve them as leaders. It should not be used to hurt participants or make them feel bad; however, feedback is needed for improvements and coaching in order to move them to the next level. According to Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy (2015) “The skill of giving constructive feedback, however, inherently involves actively giving feedback to some else. Getting helpful feedback is essential to a subordinate’s performance and development. Without feedback, a subordinate will not be able to tell whether she’s doing a good job or whether her abrasiveness is turning people off and hurting her chances for promotion (p.444).”