Evaluation of Schools and Educational Systems |
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ΚEΠ3 - Evaluation of Schools and Educational Systems
Tutor: Despina Tsakiris
Semester: 6th ECTS: 4.5
Short Description:
- The content of the course includes the following topics:
- Evaluation of educational activity: Socio-historical landmarks and conceptual determinations
- Historical Approach to Supervision and Evaluation of the educational system of Greece
- Accountability in education: conceptual clarification and challenges
- Political approaches to education; accountability through the state-society-education relationship (liberal, Marxist approaches, approaches to the welfare state, pluralistic approaches).
- The legitimacy of evaluation of schools and the political and social implications of the evaluation methods through configuration, processing and use of indicators.
Aims:
- Analysis of the role of evaluation of educational action (school unit and the educational system) through different policy approaches that address the state-society-education relationship.
- Study of social and political challenges of the structure of the organization and implementation of the evaluation of educational activity.
Learning Outcomes:
After completion of the course students will be able:
- To document the challenges of evaluating the educational activity in the political context.
- To identify and document the differences in policy approaches concerning the role of the educational system in the modern state.
- To document the role of evaluation in each of the policy approaches.
- To identify the political and social challenges of the structure of the organization and implementation of the evaluation of educational activity (indicators, process indicators, use and disclosure).
Structure:
13 three-hour meetings involving lectures and optional student presentations.
Assessment:
1. One compulsory project. Presentation and critical analysis of a scientific article (proposed by the instructor or selected with the instructor’s consent). Recording of literature (10 references) relevant to the themes of the course. 2. Written examination: Theme development or text annotation.
Bibliography:
Bagakis , G. ( ed.) (2001). Evaluation of educational programs and school. Athens: Metaichmio. Bonniol, J.J., & Vial, M. (2007). Les modèles de l'évaluation (textes fondateurs et commentaires). Athens: Metaichmio. Papadakis, N. (2003). Educational policy: education policy as social policy? Athens: Ellinika Grammata. Papakonstantinou, P. ( 2005), Educational work and evaluation in school - Critical analysis - Material support, Athens: Metaichmio. Zabeta E. (1995). Education policy in Primary Education from 1974 to 1989. Athens: Themelio Zmas, A. (2007). Globalization and Educational Policy. Athens: Metaichmio.
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