Avaliação da aprendizagem - Cipriano Luckesi

Summary

The speaker discusses the historical context of educational assessment, highlighting its origins in societal selection methods and its evolution into a tool for success across various domains. They emphasize the importance of assessment not just for student learning but also for evaluating institutional effectiveness. The talk advocates for a balanced approach to assessment that includes both pedagogical support for individual learners and a political perspective on promoting social equality through education.

Takeaways

• 😀 Traditional assessment methods have been used in Western education for the past 500 years, with exams being introduced to determine student learning since the 10th century.
• 🏫 The shift from individual master-apprentice relationships to teaching many students led to the adoption of exams as a way to select and ensure learning.
• 📊 The purpose of assessment is to ensure success in various fields, acting as a diagnostic tool to indicate whether results are satisfactory or not.
• 🔍 Assessment does not solve problems but identifies the quality of outcomes, with management and decision-making being responsible for addressing any issues.
• 📚 The concept of educational failure has often been attributed to the student, but since the 1980s, the idea that institutions can also fail has been considered.
• 🌐 Large-scale assessments like the National Assessment of Higher Education (Enade) in Brazil serve to evaluate not just student performance but also the effectiveness of the educational system.
• 📈 Teachers should track student learning outcomes to identify the effectiveness of their teaching methods, using simple statistical curves to reveal the success or failure of their educational approach.
• 📝 Assessment tools should be systematic, comprehensible, aligned with taught content, and precise to accurately measure student performance.
• 🔄 The process of assessment involves gathering data, comparing it to quality standards, and intervening to improve outcomes if necessary.
• 🌟 Assessment is not only pedagogically important for achieving desired learning outcomes but also politically significant for promoting social equality and democratization.
• 🙌 The speaker emphasizes the importance of investing in assessment practices to improve learning outcomes and contribute to a more democratic society.

Q & A

What has been the traditional method of assessing learning in Western education for the past 500 years?

The traditional method of assessing learning in Western education for the past 500 years has been through school exams, which were imported from societal practices of the pre-16th century for the purpose of selection and elitism.

Why was the shift to teaching larger groups of students accompanied by the introduction of exams in education?

The shift to teaching larger groups of students required a method to assess if they had learned effectively. Exams, which were used for societal selection, were introduced to serve this purpose within the educational system.

What is the primary function of evaluation according to the script?

The primary function of evaluation is to ensure success in various aspects of life, including business, religious experience, politics, and family life. It serves as a diagnostic tool to signal whether the results achieved are satisfactory or not.

How does the script differentiate between the roles of evaluation and management in achieving desired outcomes?

Evaluation is responsible for diagnosing the quality of results, while management is responsible for administering actions to achieve the desired outcomes. Evaluation provides an indicator, and the solution comes from management decisions and investments.

What is the script's perspective on the traditional view of student failure in education?

The traditional view has been to blame the student for failure, attributing it to a lack of desire to learn or other personal factors. However, the script suggests that institutional failure should also be considered as a contributing factor.

What changes began to occur in the late 1980s regarding the perception of educational failure?

In the late 1980s, there was a shift in thinking to include the possibility that the educational institution itself could be failing, not just the student. This led to the concept of institutional evaluation.

What is the role of large-scale evaluations like the National Course Exam or the Enade in the educational system?

Large-scale evaluations like the National Course Exam or the Enade serve to assess not only student performance but also the effectiveness of the educational system itself, to determine if it is meeting its promises or failing.

Why is it important for a teacher to track the learning curve of their students?

Tracking the learning curve of students can reveal the effectiveness of a teacher's methods and highlight any fragility or failure in their teaching approach, allowing for necessary adjustments and improvements.

What are the key characteristics that the script suggests should be present in assessment tools used in education?

The key characteristics of assessment tools should include systematic coverage of all taught content, comprehensible language for students, compatibility with the taught content in terms of difficulty and methodology, and precision in the questions to ensure clear understanding.

How does the script relate the act of evaluating to scientific research?

The script relates the act of evaluating to scientific research by stating that both aim to produce knowledge. While scientific research seeks to understand how reality works, evaluation seeks to understand the quality of reality, with the difference being the expected outcome.

What is the script's stance on the importance of investing in the practice of learning evaluation?

The script emphasizes that investing in the practice of learning evaluation is crucial as it not only ensures the efficiency of the pedagogical project but also has a revolutionary political consequence, contributing to the democratization of society by ensuring that all students learn what is necessary.