When I heard about ‘narrative assessment’ by a clinician in the clinical setting, I thought it was indeed a brilliant way of giving a full assessment of the experience. I think it is because you can write all about the little things that impressed you, the nuances that you think are important when assessing a student. Through a narrative, the assessor is able to create a picture of the student’s standing.
However, there are downsides to this method of assessment. After awhile, I realized how tedious it would be for a clinician, who barely has time to teach in the cliinics, to sit down and write a narrative assessment. But then again he can record his voice and send this to the one in charge.
Congruent to this is that it demands that the teacher/ clinician is a good writer with full command of the language he is using. For Filipinos that would not be easy to find. Unless they get to write the assessment in Filipino.
So, what do you think?
