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Record Nr.

UNINA9910364948003321

Autore

Gabalán-Coello Jesús

Titolo

Evaluating Teaching Practices in Graduate Programs / / by Jesús Gabalán-Coello, Fredy Eduardo Vásquez-Rizo, Michel Laurier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-32846-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Education, , 2211-193X

Disciplina

378.166

379.158

Soggetti

Teachers - Training of

Educational tests and measurements

Education, Higher

Teaching and Teacher Education

Assessment and Testing

Higher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 - Evaluation in the university context: from the general to the particular -- Chapter 2 - A brief overview of authors and theories -- Chapter 3 - And then.... what is important in graduate programs? -- Chapter 4 - A proposal to determine the influencing factors -- Chapter 5 - Empirical evidence: application in a specific case study -- Chapter 6 - Final reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

This book proposes a method to evaluate the work of teachers acting in a very specific educational context: graduate programs at higher education institutions. There are many publications on the field of measurement and evaluation of teaching practices, but these studies are usually conducted at the undergraduate level and ignore the nuances of teaching practices at the graduate level. Should professors demonstrate the same skills when they teach in undergraduate programs as they do when they teach in graduate programs? Is it appropriate to use the same assessment tools both at the undergraduate and the graduate levels? Do the teaching practices



evolve the same way at the graduate and undergraduate levels? The book intends to answer these questions by introducing a methodological approach to find the relevant variables that are the foundation of professional practices at the graduate level as determined by the scientific community and through the analysis of the stakeholders’ perceptions. The proposed methodological approach combines quantitative and qualitative research techniques to identify and explain, within a mixed-method framework, the most important factors that lead to teaching quality at graduate level. Therefore, How to Evaluate Teaching Practices in Graduate Practices will be a valuable resource for students, university professors and educational administrators interested in quality assurance processes in higher education institutions.