Towards a more ethical and fair evaluation of skills linked to the employability of future education professionals

The project entitled "Towards a more ethical and fair evaluation of skills linked to the employability of future education professionals", coordinated by professors Georgeta Ion (CRiEDO - Department of Applied Pedagogy) and Ibis Álvarez (Department of Basic, Evolutionary and Education) aims, on the one hand, to introduce ethical principles to favor fairer and more equitable evaluation practices and, on the other hand, to show that through evaluation it is possible to contribute to the development of employability skills of future teachers, such as effective oral communication in the framework of oral presentations, teamwork and ethical behavior and social justice.

It is a project that gives continuity to a line of work initiated more than 6 years ago in the area of ​​evaluation and is made up of teachers from various areas of the Faculty of Education Sciences.

Adopting the principles for Responsible Research and Innovation as a methodology, the most transcendental contribution of this project will be the co-creation of innovative evaluation proposals, in order to generate sustainable innovation with regard to the design, implementation and validation of procedures and resources to promote teamwork skills, effective communication in oral presentations and ethical behavior, based on the principles of ethical and fair evaluation.

Objectives: the project proposes objectives linked to the improvement of teaching, to the search for the impact on student learning processes and, finally, transversal objectives aimed at the consolidation and institutionalization of a culture for ethical evaluation at the community level. academic.

Results and expected impact: This project articulates objectives in three directions: 1) linked to the improvement of teaching, 2) to the contribution of scientific evidence to support teaching innovation and 3) aimed at promoting a culture of evaluation in the academic community ethical and fair. The expected results are specified below.

Results linked to the improvement of teaching: The first contribution of this project will be of a conceptual nature and will consist of the presentation of an updated synthesis on the ethical principles of the evaluation of learning in higher education (UE1.1) and of "good practices " that facilitate its implementation in the evaluation of teamwork and oral communication skills (IO1.2). On this basis, the second contribution is aimed at improving teaching practice and will materialize in the design and implementation of procedures and tools that meet the criteria of an ethical evaluation, within the framework of the evaluation activities conceived in the guides. teachers (UE1.3, UE1.4, UE2.1, UE2.2, UI2.3).

Results linked to research on innovation: The third and most transcendental contribution of this project is the transfer to practice of the knowledge generated in the first stage. The expectation is the co-creation of innovative evaluation proposals within the framework of teaching teams of various subjects of the degrees of the CCEE faculty, in order to generate sustainable innovation with regard to the design, implementation and validation of procedures and resources to promote teamwork and effective communication skills in oral presentations, based on the principles of ethical evaluation (OR1.1, OR1.2, OR1.3, OR2.1, OR2.2). Globally, the impact of this project for teaching innovation in improving student learning can be summed up in an effective contribution to carry out a formative, ethical and fair evaluation, which, at the same time, contributes to the development of two transversal competences and basic in professional training: teamwork and oral communication of knowledge.

Results linked to institutional development: Foster a culture of ethical and fair evaluation at the level of the academic community of the Faculty (OD1), and contribute to the progress of the debate, creation and dissemination of knowledge about equity in evaluation (OD2).

Budget: 2.500€