The evaluation of higher education in learning perspective: developments and students' participation

Journal title EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN LEARNING AND TEACHING
Author/s Luisa Pandolfi
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/2 Language Italian
Pages 17 P. 34-50 File size 169 KB
DOI 10.3280/EXI2017-002003
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The paper aims to explore the development of the main institutional and scientific background about the quality assurance and the evaluation of higher education. This development leads to the need to implement multidimensional and procedural perspectives, as highlighted by the wider literature framework and by many evidence based research. Particularly, this article aims to identify new possible forms, models and tools for teaching evaluation that can integrated tools currently in use, in order to make students more active protagonists and, at the same time, in order to promote an improvement of the teaching practices and of the quality of the program of study. In this regard, a survey realized at the University of Sassari will be presented.

Keywords: Evaluation; students; participation; higher education

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Luisa Pandolfi, La valutazione della didattica universitaria in prospettiva formativa: linee evolutive e partecipazione degli studenti in "EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN LEARNING AND TEACHING" 2/2017, pp 34-50, DOI: 10.3280/EXI2017-002003