EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF QUALITY

The ASSESSMENT AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH course is one of the training activities associated with the master's degree course in PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES - HUMAN SCIENCES AND TRAINING [FM61] and allows the student to acquire the knowledge and understanding of the basic elements of the School Assessment and of Qualitative Research in Experimental Pedagogy.

Knowledge and understanding: Know and use evaluation models, methods, techniques and tools in secondary (high school) and tertiary (university) education.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Use theoretical and methodological knowledge to design, implement and validate learning, skills, projects and systems assessment pathways.
Making judgements: Develop meta-self-evaluation and critical capacity of the procedures and evaluation processes experienced, in the pursuit of continuous research.
Communication skills: Communicate clearly and articulately the results of the evaluation, depending on the different interviewees.
Learning skills: Know how to exploit talents and criticalities, both of them and others, in order to promote development and innovation.

No specific requirements. Students from other degree courses, interested in issues related to assessment and qualitative research in the school and training field, can also attend the course.

Evaluative thinking and its forms.
The axioms of evaluation.
Parameter Comparison Parameters and Strategies.
Valuation activities: detection, control, verification.
Process evaluation. System evaluation.
The meta-evaluation and errors of evaluation.
Structured knowledge tests.
Evaluate and certify skills.
Research and evaluation together for innovation and development.

- Tessaro, Fiorino. La valutazione. 2025. (Professor texts and online materials)
For non-attending students, a text to be chosen from:
- Mortari, Luigina, e Luca Ghirotto, eds. Metodi per la ricerca educativa. Carocci editore, 2019 (oriented to future teachers)
- Kahneman, Daniel. Pensieri lenti e veloci. Edizioni Mondadori, 2012 (oriented towards philosophical studies)

Different methods and techniques are needed if the expected learning outcomes are to be adequately assessed.
All students are required to:
1) Submit a written report on an assessment error suffered or made during their school or university career. Using the case study technique, each student is required to describe and analyze a situation experienced, reflect on and argue their thoughts on the matter.
2) Take an online test with closed answers. The test consists of 50 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 40 minutes. The questions, which concern the text, handouts and materials published online, are similar to those of the exercises on the course page. Those who do not achieve a score of 50/100 must register for the next session and take the test again.
Attending students:
- during the course, in small groups they will carry out the laboratory activities "Evaluating the development processes of a skill". At the end of the course, the presentation of the laboratory activities and the oral discussion will be held in groups. On an individual level, each student will prepare a self-evaluation report on the work done.
Non-attending students:
- Will take a written or oral test with open answers on the additional texts intended for them.
As regards the grading of the grade, the following model will be applied
A. scores in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- sufficient knowledge and ability to understand applied in reference to the program;
- limited ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating autonomous judgments referable to specific contexts of scholastic and training practice;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language that pertains to training practices.
B. scores in the 23-26 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- fair knowledge and ability to understand applied in reference to the program;
- fair ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating autonomous judgments referable to theories and specific contexts of evaluation practice in scholastic and training contexts;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language that pertains to evaluative communication contexts.
C. scores in the 27-30 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- good or excellent knowledge and understanding skills applied in reference to the program and to real cases in the school and training system;
- good or excellent ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating autonomous judgments referable to specific evaluation research contexts;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language that pertains to training practices in evaluation and research contexts.
D. honors will be awarded in the presence of knowledge and understanding skills applied in reference to the program, judgment skills and communication skills, excellent also in the analysis and application in professional educational and training practices.

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Lectures, debates, brainstorming, discussions and arguments.

Italian

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development