Institutional Evaluation of Education
Course description
This course will enable students to understand the dimensions of institutional evaluation in education, addressing its foundations, structures, and applications.
The contents present the main concepts of institutional evaluation, its actors, policies, and functions in the educational context.
Assessment instruments and their possibilities of use are also discussed, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of evaluation processes in educational institutions.
Objectives
- Understand what institutional evaluation in education is, its implementation dimensions, and the role of different stakeholders involved.
- Explore contemporary discussions on educational evaluation, its functions, theoretical debates, and possibilities.
- Identify various assessment instruments, their characteristics, functions, and theoretical-methodological adequacy.
Study units
- Educational evaluation policies: an overview
- Emancipatory evaluation
- Evaluation and accreditation agencies
- Evaluation as a regulatory instrument
- Mediatization scenario
- Pitfalls of evaluation
- Internal Evaluation Committee (CPA)
- Quality indicators
- Psychometrics and test-based evaluation
- Reflections on questionnaire design and student perception
- Multiple dimensions of evaluation
- Academic rankings
Dedication
- Theoretical study (60%)
- Activities (40%)
Student commitment
- Access
- Study
- Complete activity
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