O curso de formação continuada em avaliação educacional e a formação de professores, gestores e técnicos do ensino público do Ceará

Abstract

Due to a continuing education experience in Educational Evaluation from teachers, managers and technicians from public education institutions of Ceará, this study was developed for the following purposes: to investigate the reasons for enrolling in a Continuing Training Course in Educational Evaluation; to know which of the topics covered in the Educational Evaluation Course had greater acceptance among those surveyed; to identify whether during their undergraduate formation they studied about the Educational Evaluation; to identify the benefits of the course and possible changes in understanding and evaluation practices of respondents. Therefore, the data collection was carried out with former participants of the first and second edition of the course through the Google docs’ electronic form. The study’s results indicate that the reasons that led respondents to enroll in the course are associated with an interest in knowing about the external evaluations, the need for professional development, the need for an indepth theoretical background and the need arising from the teaching practice. A great number of respondents hasn’t shown to have studied the subject during the initial training. Types and models of evaluation was the most important issue in the respondents’ perspective. Despite the change in understanding of the evaluation, the change in assessment practices of those surveyed did not occur at the same rate. We concluded this research, noting that the study in educational evaluation is not limited to the initial formation, it should be taken thoroughly in Continuing Education.