Evaluation in Education and Training
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Adult Education |
Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S ![Requerida a integração com o Moodle Ícone do Moodle](/fpceup/pt/imagens/MoodleIcon)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese and english
Objectives
- To understand key concepts of evaluation
- To explore the multiple functions and purposes of evaluation
- To gain awareness on diverse modalities and perspectives about evaluation
- To analyze the pertinence of different evaluation models in relation to the object being evaluated
- To discuss the implications and consequences of mobilizing evaluation processes of a diverse nature
- To acquire evaluation skills
Learning outcomes and competences
- To identify and examine the complexity inherent to the fundamental concepts of evaluation
- To produce texts that express a critical reflection regarding concepts and perspectives on evaluation
- To mobilize relevant and scientifically grounded arguments for evaluation in situations of debate
- To apply strategies of self-evaluation, improvement and development
- To proceed to the evaluation of specific situations, establishing criteria and processes
Working method
Presencial
Program
- What is meant by evaluation
2.The problem of evaluation: Understanding the contexts
3. Evaluation: Purposes and functions
4.Modalities and perspectives about evaluation:
Internal, external, self-assessment
5.Evolution of evaluation models:
Internal and external factors
The 4 generations of the evaluation
6. Implications and consequences of evaluations
Mandatory literature
Carvalho, Cindy & Portugal, Maria Gabriela; O papel da avaliação na melhoria das práticas: Contributos para um projeto de investigação na área da educação de infância, Educação, Sociedade e Culturas 47, 95-104, 2016
Correia, José Alberto, Fidalgo, Fernando & Rocha Fidalgo, Nora; A avaliação como trabalho e o trabalho de avaliação, Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 33, 37-50., 2011
Justino, David & Almeida, Sílvia de; Inspecionar e avaliar: Origens da regulação coerciva da educação em Portugal, Educação, Sociedade e Culturas 47, 31-52, 2016
Figari, Gérard (1996); Avaliar: que referencial? (pp. 47-52), Porto. Porto Editora, 1996
Vial, Michel ; Organizar a participação dos formandos na avaliação da sua formação – duas entradas possíveis: as tarefas e os critérios do projecto de formação. In Avaliação com sentido(s): Contributos e questionamentos (pp. 169-182), Autor, 2008
Veloso, Luísa, Abrantes, Pedro e Craveiro, Daniela ; A avaliação externa de escolas como processo social. Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 33, 69-88, 2011
Sousa, Anabela & Terrasêca, Maria Manuela ; Processos de autoavaliação de escolas ou avaliação interna do sistema? Arquivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 23(115). http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v23.2085, 2015
Valverde, Camilo José Lopes ; Aproximação histórica à problemática da avaliação de programas. In A avaliação de programas de formação profissional contínua. Ensaio para a compreensão das concepções orientadoras: Reflexões a partir de um estudo de caso (17-28), Autor, 1998
Complementary Bibliography
Berger, Guy & Terrasêca, Manuela ; Políticas e práticas de avaliação: algumas reflexões, Educação, Sociedade e Culturas, 33, 7-16., 2011
Saura, Geo; O neoliberalismo como discurso. La evaluación entre tecnologías políticas neoliberales y la nueva filantropía, Educação, Sociedade e Culturas 47, 11-30, 2016
Barbier, Jean-Marie ; O processo de avaliação. In A avaliação em formação (pp.59-78), Edições Afrontamento, 1990
Ardoino, Jacques, & Berger, Guy; L’évaluation comme interprétation. Pour, 107, Junho, Julho, Agosto, pp. 120-127. [Tradução: Manuela Terrasêca], 1986
MacBeath, J.; Self-evaluation, review, audit, self-assessment and self-inspection. In School inspection and self-evaluation. (pp. 56-59; 62-69), Nova Iorque: Routledge., 2006
Bonniol, Jean-Jacques & Vial, Michel; A avaliação, sistema de regulações. In Os modelos de avaliação. Textos Fundamentais (pp. 299-323), Porto Alegre: Artmed , 2001
Teaching methods and learning activities
Contact Activities
Individual and group work
Analysis of texts
Elaboration of reading sheet
Evaluation project conception
Research and Reporting
Exhibition
Debate
Follow-up
Tutorial guidance
Assessment of learning
Autonomous work
Research on educational / training topics
Bibliographic research
Reading and analysis of texts
Elaboration of works
Organization of presentations of works
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Participação presencial |
20,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
40,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto |
40,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico |
10,00 |
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese |
20,00 |
Estudo autónomo |
53,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
49,00 |
Trabalho de investigação |
10,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
20,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Attendance of at least 75% of the predict lessons.
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ttainment of the final mark of at least 10 points out of 20.Calculation formula of final grade
Oral participation
20 pts = 10 participation, day to day + 10 oral presentation of work
Criteria for the attribution of punctuation: relevance of the intervention (2); Quality of reflection (4); Originality of the questioning (4).
The written work is individual and in group
80 pts (including hetero and self-evaluation)
= 20 reading sheet (G) + 40 evaluation project (G) + 20 learning reflection (I)
Generic criteria for score assignment:
Formal Rigor - Presentation / organization (title, identification, index, bibliography; ...); Correction in the identification of bibliographical references and citations; Linguistic correction; ...
Internal coherence of the work structure - Clarity in the presentation of the intention of the work, as well as the way in which it develops in function of this intention.
Originality of the approach / reflection
Articulation of theoretical contributions; Construction of a particular view on the subject
Correction and relevance of the theoretical contributions mobilized - Scientific rigor in the mobilization of theoretical contributions, and their adequacy as arguments for the position defended.
Examinations or Special Assignments
n/a
Internship work/project
n/a
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Students who are exempted by law from participation in classes will have to prepare two individual works:
Reading sheet of one of the compulsory reading texts of the UC
Construction of an evaluation project, supported theoretically in the compulsory readings of the UC (at least 3 texts)Classification improvement
Rating improvement
Written test, without consultation, that will focus on the set of contents of the Curricular Unit.
Observations
Taking the pandemic situation into account, the work in this UC will take place online, until new instructions. the modes of work and evaluation predicted will remain, making resource to telematic recourses. This includes group work, in simultaneous online classrooms. All the reference texts are available in PDF.