Planning and development in the comparative assessment of training degrees

Abstract

Educational quality is an international challenge that, in the case of Higher Education, constitutes one of the most relevant aspects in the design of training degrees in order to develop good professionals. There are models that can serve as a reference for the improvement of others, being a powerful tool the comparative evaluation between them. This is the approach that emanates from the ERASMUS+ Project “Evaluation of teacher training in Latin America and the Caribbean. Guarantee of the quality of education qualifications (ECALFOR)”. However, it is not common to find experiences in which the process is made known. Thus, the planning and development of the tasks that will be carried out in the procedure followed is presented, making use of a collaborative work methodology and whose main resource was information and communication technologies. 19 European, Latin American and Caribbean institutions participated. Among the activities, various coordination meetings were held, in which each partner compiled the pertinent documentation on teacher training qualifications to teach in compulsory education, an ad hoc evaluation instrument was created, another was adapted from one created by the “Agency for the Quality of the System of the University System of Galicia (ACSUG)”, the information was analyzed and the corresponding reports were drawn up. As a result of the experience, it can be said that a working model is offered to follow, as well as instruments to be used in evaluations of training qualifications for compulsory education teachers. This allows other researchers or managers of Higher Education to facilitate field work in working groups with other similar purposes.