PraDiVaP. Costruzione e validazione di uno strumento per osservare le prassi didattiche dell'insegnante di scuola primaria nella prospettiva della Formative Educational Evaluation

This PhD research aims at developing a tool for the observation and evaluation of teacher's practices in primary school, and the context where they occur. The main hypothesis is that observation, collection of data and the consequent feed back to the subjects involved (stakeholders) can lead teachers to put into place some effective processes of formative evaluation. Aims: †¢ Create, develop and validate a structured tool to be used for observation of teacher's practice (and the context in which they occur). †¢ Define observational procedures and how to return useful data for evaluation research, in perspective of the formative evaluation of the teacher's professionalism. Methodology: Empirical research, according to action research, able to control: the validity and reliability of the proposed tool; the effectiveness of the procedures in the use of this tool in perspective of formative assessment. The main phases of the research are: ? Exploratory phase (first exploratory survey) and the try-out phase (use of a questionnaire for the validation of content and construct of PraDiVaP), for the development of observational procedures; ? Pilot study: systematic observation of the sample (of judgment) of teachers, with subsequent return of data to the subjects involved. It use a methodology of systematic observational research, direct and non-participatory, as a functional tool for the collection of data necessary for the formative evaluation process of teacher's practice. Results: 1. Development of an observation tool with good validity and reliability; 2. Definition of use formative procedures, to promote individual/collegial reflection and redesign teacher's practice; 3. Collection of evidence on the meetings of individual and collegial return that let you reflect on the educational value of the procedures put in place.