The Need for an Evaluation Course tailored to the BA Elementary Education with a Minor in English at the University of Costa Rica

María Antonieta Vargas Solís; Carolina Álvarez Fuentes

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dc.creator	María Antonieta Vargas Solís
dc.creator	Carolina Álvarez Fuentes
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-29T14:21:54Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-29T14:21:54Z
dc.identifier	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44765828007
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/145511
dc.description	Between the years 2014 and 2015 researchers started to work as supervisors in the teaching practicum. From that point on, every year they noticed that the student-teachers struggle regarding how to assess English at the elementary school level. Since students from the Bachelor Elementary Education with a minor in English already take an evaluation course, researching the reasons for that weakness was key to better support our students. That is why this article presents the results of the qualitative research carried out in 2016 aiming to explore the need for designing an evaluation course taught in English and tailored to the students enrolled in the Bachelor Elementary Education with a minor in English at the University of Costa Rica, Western Campus. Through the use of an exploratory and phenomenological design, the researchers interviewed thirteen student-teachers, nine former students from this bachelor, an experienced elementary school teacher, and two authorities from the Ministry of Public Education of Costa Rica (MEP) to obtain their perspectives about the course ED0196 Evaluation of the Learning Process in Early Childhood and Primary Education. Also, the syllabus of the course was analyzed based on what students must know to assess a foreign language. Data showed that although students learn about many instruments and assessment criteria, many of them are not tailored to assess English as a Foreign Language but other core subjects. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that the course ED0196 does not meet the needs of these students, and therefore, the university needs to design a course specifically tailored for them.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica
dc.relation	http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=447
dc.rights	Revista Electrónica "Actualidades Investigativas en Educación"
dc.source	Revista Electrónica "Actualidades Investigativas en Educación" (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.20
dc.subject	Educación
dc.subject	College education
dc.subject	curriculum design
dc.subject	curriculum reorganization
dc.subject	curriculum evaluation
dc.title	The Need for an Evaluation Course tailored to the BA Elementary Education with a Minor in English at the University of Costa Rica
dc.type	artículo científico