Assessment Process-Reflection on Pedagogical Practices and Integration of Technologies in Education

Abstract

Although research shows that the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into education (ICTE) can help to renew teachers' teaching practices, they do not necessarily do so automatically and spontaneously. The process of development and implementation of ICT in education should include a fundamental reflection on pedagogical approaches in order to understand their place in teaching and learning practice. The ICT should be used for the service of the pedagogy. In this optic, the idea developed in this chapter is to present the micro-macro assessment (MMA) approach based on a reflection on the main pedagogical approaches which influenced pedagogical practices at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century objectives-based approach and competencies-based approach. The MMA approach for assessment is adopted in a diagnosis e-learning system and experimented with learners of middle school education. The experience has given positive and promising results in the improvement of teaching and learning practices.