Innovare la valutazione all'università: si può, anzi si deve!

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Title: Innovare la valutazione all'università: si può, anzi si deve!
Alternate Title: Innovating university assessment: It can be done, indeed it must be done!
Authors: Montalbetti, Katia1 katia.montalbetti@unicatt.it
Source: Education Sciences & Society. lug-dic2021, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p359-377. 19p.
Subject Terms: *College teachers, *Evaluation
Abstract (English): University teaching aims to promote the development of skills -- general and specific -- essential for academic success, for active citizenship and for a positive inclusion in the professional scenario. The paper starts from an observation: the evaluation practices (declared as well as practiced) affect the approach to the contents and guide students study strategies by favoring or not a deep learning; for this reason, these practices can be a strategic lever to improve the quality university education. A somewhat revolutionary push to rethink evaluation came from the pandemic; the break with the known has given in some cases the opportunity to develop educational assessment methods. The evaluative practice described in the paper finds its place in this framework. Avoiding excessively naive readings or taking no account of the basic mechanisms regulating the university system which can obstacle the widespread of similar practices, experiences like the one presented show that it is not only possible but also necessary moving in this right direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Italian): Una didattica universitaria di qualità mira a promuovere la maturazione di competenze -- generali e specifiche -- indispensabili per il successo accademico, per l'esercizio di una cittadinanza attiva e per un positivo inserimento nello scenario professionale. Il contributo prende le mosse da una costatazione: le pratiche valutative (dichiarate oltreché agite) influiscono sull'approccio ai contenuti e orientano le strategie di studio degli studenti favorendo apprendimenti più o meno profondi; di conseguenza esse rappresentano una leva strategica per innalzare la qualità della formazione universitaria. Una sollecitazione per certi versi rivoluzionaria a ri-pensare la valutazione è arrivata dalla pandemia; la rottura con il noto si è configurata in alcuni casi come occasione per avviare forme di educative assessment. In questa cornice trova collocazione la pratica valutativa, resa oggetto di investigazione empirica, di cui si intende rendere conto nel contributo. Senza indulgere in letture eccessivamente ingenue o disconoscere le complessità della macchina organizzativa che rendono faticoso ipotizzare una messa regime di simili pratiche, esperienze di nicchia come quella presentata testimoniano che è non solo possibile ma anche doveroso andare in questa direzione. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:University teaching aims to promote the development of skills -- general and specific -- essential for academic success, for active citizenship and for a positive inclusion in the professional scenario. The paper starts from an observation: the evaluation practices (declared as well as practiced) affect the approach to the contents and guide students study strategies by favoring or not a deep learning; for this reason, these practices can be a strategic lever to improve the quality university education. A somewhat revolutionary push to rethink evaluation came from the pandemic; the break with the known has given in some cases the opportunity to develop educational assessment methods. The evaluative practice described in the paper finds its place in this framework. Avoiding excessively naive readings or taking no account of the basic mechanisms regulating the university system which can obstacle the widespread of similar practices, experiences like the one presented show that it is not only possible but also necessary moving in this right direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:20389442
DOI:10.3280/ess2-2021oa12397