Evaluation policies on a large scale: does ENADE interfere in the management of the courses?

This paper analyzes how managers (coordinators) of graduation courses evaluate ENADE as a large-scale evaluation policy and which management strategies they employ to improve course evaluations. The research participants were course coordinators at URI - Frederico Westphalen/RS Campus. The invest...

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Main Authors: Silvia Regina Canan, Vanessa Taís Eloy
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa 2016-09-01
Series:Práxis Educativa
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Online Access:http://www.revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/8996/5250
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Summary:This paper analyzes how managers (coordinators) of graduation courses evaluate ENADE as a large-scale evaluation policy and which management strategies they employ to improve course evaluations. The research participants were course coordinators at URI - Frederico Westphalen/RS Campus. The investigation process was carried out through a qualitative approach. From the theoretical background and data collection and analysis, some interim findings are presented: a. great part of the coordinators interviewed is seeking new possibilities to qualify the courses, however, these are isolated and very subjective attempts; b. the concern with quantitative results is very strong, overcoming qualitative processes; c. ENADE, as a large-scale evaluation, has not been able to trigger a deep process of theoretical discussion, since it is worked in most courses only one semester before the exam is taken.
ISSN:1809-4031
1809-4309