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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the use of rubrics for assessment in higher education from a theoretical point of view and demonstrate the suitability of these for competencies-based performance assessment.
Abstract: From a theoretical point of view, this paper analyses the use of rubrics for assessment in higher education. Rubrics have great education potential in this area, although they are rarely used. The advantages resulting from their application clarify the relationship between learning, teaching and assessment. Several studies confirm their suitability for competencies-based performance assessment. The descriptive and systematic nature of a rubric contributes to gather observations that help to assess skills as well as to foster their development. However, rubrics go beyond the mere assessment, they exemplify the commitment of a professional group to teaching and learning.
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TL;DR: Menendez Varela et al. as mentioned in this paper describe the concept of teaching innovation groups: communities of practice in which teachers and students play a greater role in the improvement of education at their institution, exemplified by the collective design of a rubric to assess the quality of course syllabuses.
Abstract: espanolLas rubricas en la valoracion de las guias docentes. Reflexiones sobre su impacto en la mejora educativa Jose Luis Menendez Varela; Eva Gregori Giralt Universidad de Barcelona Resumen La importancia de una informacion contrastada sobre la calidad de las titulaciones universitarias ha sido destacada por la agencias de evaluacion y acreditacion. Los sistemas de garantia de calidad de los centros se encuentran todavia en un estado incipiente y su desarrollo no resulta sostenible sin la participacion de la comunidad educativa involucrada. Cuando profesores y estudiantes desempenan un papel relevante en la elaboracion y utilizacion de recursos –como pueden ser las rubricas– para valorar algunos aspectos de los planes de estudios, se impulsan procesos de empoderamiento que incrementan un mayor compromiso y responsabilidad, y una cultura profesional mas acorde con el nuevo paradigma educativo. Este articulo presenta los grupos de innovacion docente como comunidades de practica que podrian involucrar mayoritariamente a profesores y estudiantes de cada centro en la mejora educativa. El planteamiento se ejemplifica con el diseno colectivo de una rubrica para valorar la calidad de las guias docentes EnglishEvaluation and accreditation agencies have highlighted the need for reliable information regarding the quality of university degrees. Quality assurance systems are still in their infancy and their development with only be sustainable with the full participation of the educational community. When teachers and students play an important role in the development and use of resources (such as rubrics) to assess aspects of the syllabus, this promotes processes of empowerment that increase their commitment and sense of responsibility and foster a more professional culture that is in accordance with the new educational paradigm. This article describes the concept of teaching innovation groups: communities of practice in which teachers and students play a greater role in the improvement of education at their institution. The approach is exemplified by the collective design of a rubric to assess the quality of course syllabuses
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TL;DR: In this paper, a transdisciplinarity in education with the use of teaching guides is proposed to reduce the distinction among subjects and give rise to a meaningful learning increment, which will provide a better education to students who will be able to live and develop all their creative potential in their society.
Abstract: espanolLa educacion artistica sufre una fuerte devaluacion, patente en los numerosos cambios legislativos cuya importancia es poco relevante. Se podrian recoger numerosos ejemplos que , a lo largo de la historia, han tomado como base el arte en correlacion con la ciencia para el desarrollo del ser humano, comprobandose su importancia y su fuerte relacion con el resto de disciplinas que ahora se muestran como principales. Comprender las consecuencias de esta devaluacion y proponer una mayor transdisciplinariedad a traves de las guias docentes, seria el fin de esta investigacion para promover una menor separacion de los contenidos en las materias, dando lugar al incremento del aprendizaje significativo, relacionado en mayor medida con la sociedad en la que vivimos, prepa- rando al alumnado para vivir en sociedad y desarrollando todo su potencial creativo. EnglishArt education suffers a strong devaluation that is noticeable in numerous legal changes which lead it to a secondary and irrelevant place if a status of the issue is made, it will allow to collect many examples that have taken the relationship between art and science as a basis for human being development throughout the history. It proves a strong relationship with the rest of the subjects that now are considered as the main ones. The aim of this research is to understand the consequences of this devaluation and to propose a greater transdisciplinarity in education with the use of teaching guides. To reduce the distinction among subjects it would give rise to a meaningful learning increment. It provides a better education to students who will be able to live and develop all their creative potential in their society
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a model of teaching plans the implementation of which would correct mistakes and faults in the form and content of the current ones, and analyze an issue that concerns us and affects the basic training that these degrees must offer, that is, unequal distribution of the subjects to the detriment of Contemporary Art.
Abstract: espanolCon la implantacion de los nuevos planes de estudios hace menos de una decada, las guias docentes se convirtieron en el documento base de comunicacion entre profesorado y alumnado. En este texto, queremos reflexionar sobre su vigencia, utilidad y adaptacion en todo este periodo, centrandonos en las guias elaboradas por las universidades publicas andaluzas y en las titulaciones afines a la Historia del Arte. Tambien hemos querido analizar un tema que nos preocupa y que afecta a la formacion basica que deben ofrecer de manera homogenea los grados, que es el reparto desigual de las materias de estudio por periodos que afecta especialmente al Arte Contemporaneo. Por ultimo, proponemos un modelo de guia docente cuya implementacion subsanaria errores y deficiencias en la forma y contenido de las actuales. EnglishThe implementation of the new study plans, less than one decade ago, made teaching plans the main document for communication among professors and students. In this text we reflect about its importance, usefulness and adjustment focusing on the teaching plans elaborated by the public andalusian universities in the degrees related to History of Art. In addition, we analyse an issue that concerns us and affects the basic training that these degrees must offer, that is, the unequal distribution of the subjects to the detriment of Contemporary Art. Finally, we propose a model of teaching plans the implementation of which would correct mistakes and faults in the form and content of the current ones.
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TL;DR: The educational guides of art education have been designed, and are annually renewed, with the ultimate goal of helping students attain the specific competencies of the field as mentioned in this paper, and are essential when planning processes of teaching and learning because they make explicit the elements of these processes (objectives, competences, contents, methodologies and evaluation).
Abstract: espanolLas guias docentes son instrumentos imprescindibles a la hora de planificar los procesos de ensenanza y de aprendizaje pues hacen explicitos los elementos constitutivos de dichos procesos (objetivos, competencias, contenidos, metodologias y evaluacion) y sirven como documento para el consenso entre los agentes educativos. Las guias docentes de las asignaturas de educacion artistica han sido disenadas y son renovadas anualmente con el objetivo ultimo de ayudar al alumnado en la consecu- cion de las competencias propias del area. En la incipiente investigacion aqui presentada, se pretende estudiar la consideracion del alumnado de los grados en magisterio en Educacion Infantil y Primaria de la Facultad de Educacion y Deporte de la Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU) sobre las guias docentes del area. Los primeros resultados muestran una discreta conformidad del alumnado con esas guias, en las que perciben claridad informativa, coherencia entre planteamiento teorico y desarrollo metodologico y funcionalidad. EnglishThe educational guides are essential when planning processes of teaching and learning because they make explicit the elements of these processes (objectives, competences, contents, methodologies and evaluation), and serve as a document for the consensus among educational agents. The educational guides of Art Education have been designed, and are annually renewed, with the ultimate goal of helping students attain the specific competencies of the field. The incipient research presented here attempts to study the student's opinion (Preschool and Primary Education grades of the Faculty of Education and Sports of the University of the Basque Country) towards the educational guides of the field. First results show same usefulness of the guides for the students, in which they perceive clear information; coherence between theorical approach and methodological development; and functionality