Abstract

GOMES, Ana Julia Pereira Santinho; ORTEGA, Luis do Nascimento  and  OLIVEIRA, Décio Gomes de. Dificuldades da avaliação em um curso de farmácia. Avaliação (Campinas) [online]. 2010, vol.15, n.03, pp.203-221. ISSN 1414-4077.

The evaluation of learning has been considered one of the most complex activities and controversial between the professors, especially when it is related to the university environment of programs in the health area in which most of the faculty do not have pedagogical preparation. The aim was to understand the difficulties of evaluation in the process of teaching and learning of a Pharmacy Program. For this, two questionnaires were applied covering 61.3% of professors and 56.6% of students, where it was possible to observe that 85% of both professors and students interviewed attribute the significance of school evaluation to the measure the knowledge of the student, indicating the strong technicist influence. However, there has been a tendency of professors to use several instruments to diagnose the learning of students, announcing an important change toward an emerging paradigm that calls for more humanized relations. Furthermore, it is possible to note that the students point out the instruments referred to as "exams" more often than the professors. Moreover, another problem identified by professors related to the misunderstanding of texts and poor motivation for pedagogical preparation. It has been suggested to include an additional diagnostic tool for monitoring of progress of the student: the portfolio. In conclusion, professionalization should be strongly recommended for professors in order to develop the abilities and skills relevant to the program.

Keywords : Education in Pharmacy; Reflexive Portfolio; Health Evaluation.

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