How to Improve the Assessment of Family Mediation Trainees in England and Wales
A focus on the portfolio requirement
Keywords:
Mediation, education, learning, innovation, assessment and portfolio
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to consider how to make improvements to the current family mediation training in England and Wales in the way in which it assesses trainees. The current training lasts eight days and trainees have three years from the date they start their family mediation training to submit a portfolio. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that there is scope to improve the way trainees are assessed in the family mediation training. The portfolio requirement and the supervision of this portfolio will be considered in this paper. The views of family mediators on the portfolio requirement will be considered as well. Proposals and recommendations are put forward in this paper on the current portfolio requirement.
