Tips & Tricks
● Below is a sample grid that can be used in teacher training to evaluate students when they are doing a project for self- and peer evaluation.
Table 5 Different criteria for the evaluation of the teacher
| Level of proficiency (from low to high) | 1 (low) | 2 | 3 | 4 (high) |
| Expertise | ||||
| Research | ||||
| Reflection | ||||
| Literacy and communication | ||||
| Entrepreneurship | ||||
| Co-creation and working together | ||||
| Global citizenship | ||||
| Innovation and creativity |
Every assessment is but one data point and shows the progress of learning. The information should be rich (quantitative, qualitative) and meaningful. It is suggested to use different types of portraits: a self-portrait, a portrait made by the students or made by the other teachers.
Another example is the framework elaborated by Bloom and his collaborators consisted of six major categories: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. The categories after Knowledge are presented as “skills and abilities” with the understanding that knowledge is the necessary precondition for putting these skills and abilities into practice. While each category contains subcategories, all are lying along in a continuum from simple to complex and concrete to abstract. The taxonomy is popularly remembered according to the six main categories.
In teacher training reflection exercises are crucial, as they help to follow “prepare – give a lesson – reflect – analyse – action plan to do better – do it again” learning path. The learning Diary is one more example. The Learning Diary offers the teacher insight in what he has and has not learnt after an activity.
Important questions are:
What have I achieved?
How did I learn?
How did my skills improve?
How did I feel about it?
How shall I proceed the next time?
How can I use this in the future?
