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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2021): Evaluation, feedback, equity: a challenge in education

Narrative and transformative evaluation: Co-construction of learning communities. An exploratory case study

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/ess2-2021oa12395
Submitted
agosto 29, 2021
Published
2021-12-21

Abstract

In recent years, research on assessment outcomes has shown evidences that would demonstrate some relationship between student learning outcomes and the assessment tools used by schools. The paper presents a set of research on formative assessment, focusing on the feedback perspective. Starting from this first analysis, further developmental aspects are explained leading to consider the meanings of narrative and transformative evaluation. This particular evaluation process shows more significant equity in learning outcomes and a more clear perspective on democratic praxis in schools. The exploratory case study presented, used the initial theoretical construct of this paper. The case study shows possible and interesting developments in collegiality through a research training-intervention model. The path, which started in 2018 is still ongoing, has crossed the pandemic, allowing us to face the educational emergency starting from the evaluation. The focus is on academic supervision as a way to support innovation and organizational change.

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