Effective Student Assessment Strategies In Pedagogical Practice

Abstract

Pedagogical practice is a mandatory educational discipline, and it consists of the activity undertaken by the students specializing in Pedagogy of Primary and Pre-school Education, guided by the practice mentor and the professor coordinating the practice. The purpose of pedagogical practice is to check the applicability of the theoretical knowledge gained by the students during the formation program. This article refers to the specific components of pedagogical practice of students specializing in the Pedagogy of Primary and Pre-school Education and presents how the practice is organized and how the activities are conducted in detail. In what regards the evaluation of the students, this is done by means of observations carried out by the mentor and the coordinating professor. Moreover, during the semester, based on the observations and their activities, students will compile a pedagogical practice portfolio. This discipline is very important for the teaching career; therefore, we consider it is important that the final evaluation of the students should combine an oral exam with a written test and a presentation of the practice portfolio. The present approach seeks to verify the effectiveness of these evaluation strategies in the field of Pedagogical Practice, for students who will become teachers.