Educational Evaluation

Recommended Prerequisites

Research Methodology in Education.

Teaching Methods

The theoretical component includes a lecture’s approach based on audiovisual means and periods for discussion of themes in which activity, participation and collaboration of students is essential. The practical component implies the development of reflection’s assignments on the themes approached in classes by students.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit is aimed to develop a set of competencies in the field of evaluation, including an understanding of different paradigms, methods, and fields of educational evaluation as well as the construction of evaluation frameworks.

Students should be able to:

• Understand different generations and paradigms of evaluation;

• Understand components and methods of assessment;

• Analyze the different fields of educational evaluation;

• Elaborate and construct frameworks of evaluation. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 Introduction to assessment in education

1.1 Scopes of the evaluation

1.2 Generations and evaluation paradigms

1.3 What are the conceptions of evaluation

2 Evaluation of teaching-learning processes

2.1 The evaluation is seen through modalities and their relationship

2.2 Results of research on learning assessment

2.3 Which modalities are part of an evaluation process

3 Evaluation of teaching and school performance

3.1 Methodologies and frames of reference

3.2 Studies on teacher appraisal and school evaluation

3.3 Relationship between teacher appraisal and school evaluation

4 Referencing methodology

4.1 Evaluation components

4.2 Organization of the evaluation process

4.3 How to build a framework to assess attitudes

5 Tests as assessment tools

5.1 The construction of specification tables

5.2 Typology of tests

5.3 How to proceed to assess knowledge.

Assessment Methods

Final assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Barreira, C. (2018). Aprender e ensinar: Dos modos de fazer aos modos de avaliar. In J. Machado & J. M. Alves (Orgs.), E-book Conhecimento e Ação: Transformar contextos e processos educativos (pp. 38-51). Universidade Católica Editora.

Barreira, C. & Pinto, J. (2005). A investigação em Portugal sobre a avaliação das aprendizagens dos alunos (1990-2005). Revista SPCE, Investigar em Educação, 4, 21-105.

Barreira, B., Bidarra, M. G., & Vaz-Rebelo M. P. (Orgs.) (2016). Estudos sobre avaliação externa de escolas. Porto Editora.

Machado, E., Costa, N., & Alves, M. P. (Orgs) (2013). Avaliação do desempenho docente: Compreender a complexidade, sustentar a decisão. De Dacto Editores.

Ramalho Ortigão, M. I., Fernandes, D., Vidal Pereira, T., & Santos, L. (Orgs.) (2019). Avaliar para aprender no Brasil e em Portugal: Perspectivas teóricas, práticas e de desenvolvimento, Série Temas em Currículo, Docência e Avaliação. Editora CRV.