Evaluation Cultures in Portugal
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Evaluation Cultures in Portugal
Eduardo Figueira, Liliana Rainha and Paula Salvador
The paper shows how evaluation issues are seen and understood in the Portuguese Vocational Education and Training system. It aims to show what assumptions underlie evaluation practices followed in the Portuguese VET system. More specifically, the paper tries to show the state of the Evaluation Culture linked to the Portuguese VET system. The increasing awareness of most of the people involved in VET concerning the relevance of the role of evaluation in improving the effectiveness of the VET System in Portugal is very visible but we cannot speak of an evaluation culture. Lately there has been a growing concern with the role of evaluation strategies as a means for improving the effectiveness and quality of VET. It should be noted that the role that evaluation has been called on to play in the last few years in Portugal, constitutes beyond any doubt, one of the most interesting innovations in the VET domain.
The paper shows how evaluation issues are seen and understood in the Portuguese Vocational Education and Training system. It aims to show what assumptions underlie evaluation practices followed in the Portuguese VET system. More specifically, the paper tries to show the state of the Evaluation Culture linked to the Portuguese VET system. The increasing awareness of most of the people involved in VET concerning the relevance of the role of evaluation in improving the effectiveness of the VET System in Portugal is very visible but we cannot speak of an evaluation culture. Lately there has been a growing concern with the role of evaluation strategies as a means for improving the effectiveness and quality of VET. It should be noted that the role that evaluation has been called on to play in the last few years in Portugal, constitutes beyond any doubt, one of the most interesting innovations in the VET domain.
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