Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Este estudo apresentou como objetivo geral investigar as concepÃÃes e prÃticas dos professores em avaliaÃÃo da aprendizagem em escola de Ensino Fundamental (sÃries iniciais) do ensino pÃblico municipal de Teresina. Para tanto, consideraram-se os documentos oficiais (Projeto PolÃtico PedagÃgico, Proposta Curricular, Diretrizes Curriculares do MunicÃpio de Teresina e Regimento Escolar) e as concepÃÃes e prÃticas dos professores. Constitui-se em estudo de caso descritivo com abordagem qualitativa, com nove professores de 4 sÃrie do Ensino Fundamental. Para a coleta de dados utilizaram-se questionÃrios, seguidos de entrevista semi-estruturada, anÃlise documental e observaÃÃo com registro em diÃrio de campo. Os resultados indicam que a prÃtica docente quanto Ãs funÃÃes da avaliaÃÃo da aprendizagem ainda à reducionista. Na escola pesquisada, especificamente nas turmas de 4 sÃrie, observou-se que o ativismo pedagÃgico à expresso por representaÃÃes espontaneÃstas, que na avaliaÃÃo pode ser traduzida como prÃticas pontuais, pois, embora alguns professores desenvolvam o acompanhamento da aprendizagem dos alunos, a avaliaÃÃo à priorizada pela nota. Esses aspectos influenciam o currÃculo, que da intenÃÃo construtivista expressa nos documentos oficiais, reflete o desenvolvimento de prÃticas criativas, mas nÃo caracterizadas como construtivas, concentraÃÃo nas Ãreas de LÃngua Portuguesa e MatemÃtica, presenÃa do reforÃo e distanciamento do diÃlogo, manifestando prÃticas pedagÃgicas que se distanciam do diagnÃstico, dos registros escritos e das intervenÃÃes com intenÃÃes à funÃÃo formativa da avaliaÃÃo. Os elementos das funÃÃes avaliativas nÃo sÃo desconhecidos dos professores, entretanto, eles nÃo se sentem preparados para utilizÃ-los no desenvolvimento de suas rotinas. Outro dado dos resultados compreende a importÃncia dada aos documentos oficiais, parte dos professores os conhece, outros apenas sabem da sua existÃncia. A parte dos documentos conhecida pela maioria à a que diz respeito aos conteÃdos, objetivos, habilidades e projetos, portanto, nÃo se pode dizer que a fundamentaÃÃo teÃrica da prÃtica avaliativa seja orientada por eles. Observou-se que a prÃtica avaliativa de alguns professores à permeada pela vontade de acertar, mas para a maioria à apenas rotina a ser cumprida. Para todos, entretanto, ela à desenvolvida em meio Ãs dificuldades e desconhecimento dos reais sentidos da prÃtica avaliativa. As transformaÃÃes devem ser viabilizadas tanto em termos de formaÃÃo docente, quanto Ãs adequaÃÃes a novas prÃticas, considerando os professores como sujeitos da discussÃo, e nÃo apenas executores de aÃÃes / The general objective of this study was to investigate the conceptions of some teachers, and their practices in evaluating learning in the beginning grades of an Elementary School in the Municipal Education System of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil. The information (data) sources for the study included some official documents (Political-Pedagogical Project, Curriculum Proposal, Directives of the Teresina Municipality, and the School Rule & Regulations), as well as the conceptions and practices of the teacher participants themselves. The investigation, a descriptive case study of a qualitative nature, depended upon nine 4th grade teachers. Data were collected through questionnaires, followed by semi-structured interviews, documentary analyses, and those observations registered in the field journal. The results of the study indicate that the teachers basically employed a reductionist approach when they evaluated student learning. Through spontaneous representations, the teacher participants in the study demonstrated some pedagogical activism. In their fixed and punctuated evaluative practices, though a few developed some student follow-up, grades remained the first priority as a general rule of thumb. This situation influenced the curriculum in that though these professionals expressed support for the constructivist content of the official documents, what they practiced in the classroom had little or nothing to do with the development of creative practices as required by these documents. Rather, the teachers concentrated on teaching Portuguese and Mathematics using reinforcement techniques (Skinner), a pedagogical strategy very far removed from dialogue, diagnosis, registration of general student development, and interventions intended to constitute formative evaluations. Though familiar with the elements for appropriate student evaluation, the teachers did not feel prepared to use this knowledge in their pedagogical activities. Another result of the study was that the teachers gave great importance to the official documents. However, only some knew the contents of these documents. Many teachers merely claimed to know that they existed. Despite the fact that many of the teachers knew of the pedagogical contents, objectives, competencies, and projects discussed in these documents, it cannot be said that their evaluative practices were based on these elements. While some teachersâ evaluative practices were permeated by a desire to get it correct, for others, evaluation was merely a routine that had to be followed. For all of the teachers, nonetheless, evaluation was developed with many difficulties and little knowledge of the real meaning of evaluation in the learning process. Based upon this study, it can be recommended that relevant changes be introduced not only in teacher education, but also in new and more appropriate teaching practices. Finally, in discussing schooling, teachers are important agents (subjects) and not mere executors of actions planned by others

There are currently a great deal of available health applications available on various app-stores around the globe and more is being added each day. With that vast amount of available options, which health applications are trustworthy and offers the functionality that the users are looking for? With the current regulations and classification processes, it is difficult to know if mHealth services offers the high standards that it should. This thesis investigates the need for mHealth services tobe subject of an evaluation process, by a health organization or a government agency, to ensure that quality standards are high. We discover the current “state-of-the-art” of mHealth and the privacy-and usability aspects of mHealth, we find outif evaluated and approved mHealth applications are believed to be more attractive to use than the non-evaluated counterparts, and lastly, we identify what aspects is important to evaluate of mHealth applications. To provide answers to the thesis, we perform a literature review and distribute a survey to a small group of potential users of mHealth services. The literature review provides information about the current state of mHealth around the globe. Moreover, the literature review also reveals that both usability, but especially privacy, is of major importance when creating mHealth services. We also discover that there are voices from field experts that suggests mHealth services to be subject of an evaluation process, similar to what we suggest in this thesis. With the survey, we identify the respondents’ current utilization of mHealth services. We also find out what aspects they believe is important and if their trust and utilization of an evaluated and approved mHealth service would be affected compared to a non-evaluated counterpart. The respondents of the survey is parents of young children, a group that is likely in need of medical attention in one way or another and still has the technical experience that is required to answer the survey.

ABSTRACT This is a quantitative methods study investigating the perceptions that teacher trainees at a tertiary level educational institution have of the evaluation process for courses and lecturers. Student evaluation of courses and lecturers is mandated by the standards of the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), and hinges on the quality of educational experiences within tertiary level educational institutions. Teacher trainees are vested with the responsibility to be engaged in the exercise which must be afforded by the respective institutions. The primary sources of data were generated from the responses to a Likert-type questionnaire administered to teacher trainees (TTQ). The results indicated that the teacher trainees were generally supportive of the evaluation process. Moreover, these positive results were not related to the trainees’ age, gender, or area of specialization. There were, however, some areas of concern noted. In particular, the trainees believe that the evaluation process should be conducted online since there is concern about anonymity. The implications of these results for the Ministry of Education were listed and suggestions for future research were provided. Keywords: Perceptions, Evaluation Process, Courses, Lecturers, Teacher Trainees / Educational Administration

This study investigated the faculty perception of the use of a student evaluation of faculty instrument. The areas considered were use of the current Student Evaluation of Faculty (SEF) instrument to measure teaching effectiveness; use of the current instrument for annual faculty review; faculty involvement in developing the instrument; utilizing the instrument to improve teaching; and demographics of faculty gender, college/school in which they teach, and the numbers of years of higher education experience. Participants included 734 full-time instructional faculty members at Mississippi State University who taught during the fall 2012 semester and utilized the current SEF instrument. From the 734 faculty invited to participate in the study, 205 responded. The study was conducted in the fall 2013 semester. Over 71% of the participating faculty indicated a negative perception toward the current SEF instrument as an effective tool for their use in evaluating teaching effectiveness. However, 60% of the participants agree the instrument serves as an effective tool for their use to improve teaching. The faculty also indicated they would like to be able to compare their SEF results to others teaching comparable courses. Participants were asked to rate each question taken from the current SEF instrument, indicating its level of usefulness in their ability to utilize the results to improve teaching. Of the 11 questions, only 2 were found to be least useful to the faculty. One of those was related to the tests they give being fair and the other related to the student learned a great deal in the class. Almost 81% of the participants indicated that faculty involvement in the development of the current student evaluation of faculty instrument increased the usefulness in measuring teaching effectiveness. Conclusions based on the findings indicated a need to continue revising the evaluation process and instrument to include a multidimensional process. This multidimensional process should provide separate instruments to be used for annual faculty review and for improving teaching. These revisions should be carried out with faculty involvement to ensure acceptance of the processes and maintain positive perceptions.

The role of visual communication design continues to increase in importance around the world. In Bahrain, organisations are increasingly considering visual communication design as a means of accomplishing organisational goals. The research aims to understand the process by which design managers in organisations in Bahrain manage and evaluate visual communication designs to gain strategic advantage. Even though the management of visual communication design has not yet been recognised as a separate category of design management in Bahrain, its processes and approaches may differ from other management applications. This research opens with a contextual overview of the visual communication design management field, before presenting an understanding of how visual communication design can be utilised as an innovative approach to the strategic structuring organisational thinking. Methods have been developed for investigating how Bahraini client design managers manage visual communication design projects. Observational studies and interviews with client design managers and creative directors have been conducted to obtain an understanding of the visual communication design process, together with evaluation procedures in the Bahraini context. These empirical investigations have led to the development of a conceptual framework that describes the visual communication design management process and the evaluation procedure that is carried out by client design managers in Bahrain. The remainder of this thesis explains the outcomes of each phase of the research. The unique contributions of this study are embodied in a discussion of the findings together with reflections and recommendations for those involved and interested in design management in Bahrain.

Three step process: Each valuation process can - independent of its economic or ecological focus - be subdivided into three stages: The selection of the target object, the determination of the effects to be analyzed and, last but not least, the monetary or non-monetary valuation of these effects. Already during the first two stages an implicit valuation through the selection processes for the target object and the effects takes place. The actual explicit valuation that is predominantly discussed in the literature is confined to the last stage. For the whole valuation process the three stages have to be clearly separated in order to be able to unequivocally attribute the influences on the results to the single stages. Implementation: Each valuation process is only as good as the information and decision instruments that are used in the determination of its results. Special features of eco-related consequences: The structure of a valuation process of eco-related consequences corresponds to the one for economic, monetary valuable consequences. The scientific discussion needs an objective analysis of the three stages and of the information and decision processes that implement the valuation.

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In this study, a research is developed to establish a comprehensive framework for ERP systems selection process and provide guidance for better ERP systems selection and evaluation by investigating all the aspects of the selection process. The research is conducted through a comprehensive study prior to key information systems journals, conferences, overall enterprise information systems materials in electronic databases, and also in practitioner journals. As a result, the study is able to present a comprehensive framework for ERP systems selection process, identify the problematic issues, reveal the ways to improve the selection activities, and present a road-map for the selection process.

VIANA, Thiago Mena Barreto. Processos avaliativos em mídia-educação. 2016. 165f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Instituto de Cultura e Arte, Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação Social, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-11-23T17:17:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_tmbviana.pdf: 2182930 bytes, checksum: 5f6caaade8599bf8c9a0e45c50e7a87f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-11-23T17:52:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_tmbviana.pdf: 2182930 bytes, checksum: 5f6caaade8599bf8c9a0e45c50e7a87f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-23T17:52:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_tmbviana.pdf: 2182930 bytes, checksum: 5f6caaade8599bf8c9a0e45c50e7a87f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / This study investigates how the dissertations published in 2005, 2010 e 2015, which evaluated experiences/policies focused on media education in school environment, analyzed the products of these actions and their parameters. Thus, we consulted the digital platform of thesis and dissertations (BDTD) of the Brazilian Institute of Information, Science and Technology (Ibict). The text search was carried out by crossing the following filters; year of publication (2005, 2010 and 2015), level (dissertation) and keywords (mídia-educação, educomunicação, media literacy). 48 potential studies were selected after choosing the types of analysis and additional criteria were used to select and discard the dissertations. Finally, our research compiled 5 studies; Ramos (2005), Viezzer (2005), Hack (2005), Farias (2010) and Ribeiro (2015). We used 10 categories for their proper understanding; comprehension of media education, experiences/policies´ goals, context, involved subjects, types of action, the applications which were used, themes, promotional methods, self-evaluation and evaluation of results. So, it was possible to identify that the researches commonly presented general positive results considering the actions which were carried out, remarking the benefits of media education to transform the subjects into media producers, contribute to their critical sense, improve their learning process based on individual experiences and media use, etc. However, evaluation´s parameters are not commonly demonstrated, thought these studies lack their criteria´s basis in topics such as involved subjects before media education experiences/policies and distinction between the results that were aimed or measured. It must be mentioned that positive aspects were observed; Brazilian researchers who study this topic usually find new ways of evaluating their experiences and making them viable and possible in other scenarios and reproduce analyzed actions, reinforcing the concepts that media education is adaptable to different social realities, being applicable to young and older students, professionals involved in education need to understand concrete elements that are part of the students’ daily routine and media must have fundamental importance in their lives. So, technological fetish is not sufficient to promote the learning process and reinforcement of citizenship´s critical sense. / Esta pesquisa investiga como as dissertações publicadas nos anos 2005, 2010 e 2015, que estudam experiências/políticas mídia-educativas no espaço escolar, analisam os resultados dessas ações e em quais parâmetros se apoiam. Para tanto, recorremos à plataforma Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD) do Instituto Brasileiro de Informação, Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict). A busca pelos textos a serem analisados foi feita através do cruzamento dos filtros ano de publicação (2005, 2010 e 2015), nível (dissertação) e palavras-chave (mídia-educação, educomunicação, media literacy). Após a escolha dos recortes de análise foram identificadas 48 pesquisas em potencial que poderiam esclarecer essa questão. Foram definidos critérios adicionais de seleção e descarte dessas dissertações e, ao final, o estudo se circunscreveu a um corpus de 05 trabalhos. São eles: Ramos (2005), Viezzer (2005), Hack (2005), Farias (2010) e Ribeiro (2015). Para estudá-los, recorreu-se a 10 (dez) categorias de análise: Compreensão de mídia-educação, Objetivos da experiência/política, Contexto da experiência/política, Atores envolvidos, Tipos de ação, Mídias/Aplicativos abordados, Temas abordados, Métodos de promoção, Auto-avaliação e Avaliação dos resultados. Ao final da investigação, foi possível identificar que os pesquisadores tendem a apresentar um resultado geral, sempre positivo, das práticas realizadas, indicando os ganhos da mídia-educação para: formação de sujeitos autônomos e mais críticos perante os discursos das mídias, transformação dos sujeitos em produtores de comunicação, atualização do processo de ensino-aprendizagem com base nas experiências concretas dos estudantes, o uso das mídias como prática libertadora de ensino-aprendizagem, entre outros. Os parâmetros de avaliação que fundamentam esta avaliação, contudo, nem sempre são explicitados. Tais estudos, portanto, trazem lacunas na fundamentação de seus critérios de análise sobretudo em relação a avaliação diagnóstica dos atores envolvidos antes da realização da experiência/política mídia educativa, a evolução do cenário antes e depois da experiência/política mídia educativa e a distinção entre os resultados desejados e os aferidos. Como aspectos positivos dessas investigações, contudo, é importante reconhecer que os pesquisadores brasileiros que se debruçam sobre esse tema buscam formas de avaliar suas experiências de modo a tornar possível, em outros espaços, a reprodução das práticas que analisaram; que as práticas mídias-educativas são adaptáveis a diferentes realidades sociais, podendo ser aplicadas tanto a estudantes mais jovens como já adultos; que o profissional da educação necessita acompanhar os elementos concretos existentes no cotidiano dos estudantes e as mídias ocupam um lugar privilegiado em suas vidas; que o fetiche tecnológico, por si só, não é suficiente para promover o processo de ensino-aprendizado e o fortalecimento do senso crítico de cidadania.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T13:27:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1226963 bytes, checksum: 90aeb06e5559518d7a3acbe701c58f98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This work analyses the implementation of SINAES (the Brazilian system of policies to evaluate its Higher Education) at Federal University of Paraíba. SINAES is an ongoing process established for the development of an ‗evaluation culture in Brazilian universities, and this work aims at understanding how it is changing universities values and experiences, focusing on its effects on how the ideal of University is understood through the case study of UFPB. Its main idea is to identify if and how an ‗evaluation culture established by the Bologna Process is changing and reshaping the idea of University and how its functions and processes are being currently experienced at UFPB. In this way, the research is a critically oriented sociology of evaluation processes and routines based on a set of qualitative methods (participant observation, interviews and document analysis). / Este trabalho busca entender o processo de implementação de procedimentos avaliativos estabelecidos pelo SINAES na Universidade Federal da Paraíba. A ideia é identificar como aspectos de uma ―cultura da avaliação‖, firmemente estabelecida após o processo de Bolonha, estão sendo experienciados pelas universidades brasileiras através do estudo de caso da Universidade Federal da Paraíba. A abordagem metodológica utilizada foi a da pesquisa qualitativa (métodos de observação participante, entrevistas e análise de documentos) a partir de uma abordagem da sociologia crítica. Através da pesquisa qualitativa buscamos apresentar e entender a rotina dos processos de avaliação e como estes influenciam na construção de novos valores e práticas que orientam a vida universitária. Foi analisado o processo de avaliação interna da UFPB do ano de 2013 a partir de observação participante nos Seminários de Autoavaliação. Foram realizadas entrevistas com membros das CPA (Comissão Própria de Avaliação) e da Comissão Executiva de Avaliação Institucional (CEAI), de diretores ou vice-diretores dos centros do campus I da UFPB e de coordenadores ou vice-coordenadores de cursos. Assim, a pesquisa busca apresentar as especificidades do processo de implantação do SINAES na Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Percebemos que há na UFPB resistência em relação aos procedimentos de avaliação, seja por medo ou receio de serem avaliados, seja por descrédito do processo real de avaliação que se institucionalizou nas universidades. Essa resistência transpareceu em algumas entrevistas e na pouca participação da comunidade acadêmica no processo avaliativo. Além disso, notamos uma contradição entre o discurso oficial, que apoia a avaliação e a entende como fundamental para a universidade, e a prática, onde os procedimentos de avaliação não foram incorporados de fato na rotina acadêmica da UFPB.