Abstract

AQUINO ZUNIGA, Silvia Patricia; IZQUIERDO, Jesús  and  ECHALAZ ALVAREZ, Bélgibes Liliana. Educational practice evaluation: a review of theoretical tenants. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.1, pp.23-44. ISSN 1409-4703.

Two key aspects of research on teacher performance evaluation, regardless of the teaching context where the research is to be conducted, are the theoretical foundations to support the evaluation process and the dimensions to evaluate in the teaching performance. While these two aspects should be theoretically interconnected within the research design, they are often addressed as independent aspects, both in theoretical and empirical research. This paper aims at bridging these two concepts by putting forward the construct of educational practice evaluation and its relevance to teacher evaluation. Thus, the paper first reviews the evolution of the construct of evaluation, within a general and educational framework. Then, the goal, focus, and steps of educational evaluation research are described. Finally, arguing that teacher evaluation results should primarily lead to educational quality improvement, the construct of educational practice evaluation is discussed, spotting out differences between teacher performance evaluation and educational practice evaluation.

Keywords : teacher evaluation; teaching practice; educational practice; evaluation process.

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