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.

A) Tessaro F., La valutazione. 2021 (Professor texts and online materials)
For non-attending students, a B text to be chosen from:
B1) Mortari, Luigina, e Luca Ghirotto, eds. Metodi per la ricerca educativa. Carocci editore, 2019 (oriented to future teachers)
B2) Kahneman, Daniel. Pensieri lenti e veloci. Edizioni Mondadori, 2012 (oriented towards philosophical studies)

- Online verification with closed-ended questions on text A (learning outcomes nr: 1).
- Written exam with open questions (learning outcomes nr: 1-3).

Lectures and exercises. Discussions and arguments.

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