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Face às solicitações e às necessidades da sociedade atual, é emergente que as escolas se envolvam proativamente em esforços de melhoria dos seus processos e, que deles resulte o aumento da sua eficácia. Tal como acontece noutros países, em Portugal, também surge a necessidade de as escolas se envolverem em processos de melhoria consistente e contínua.
A avaliação de qualquer sistema é fundamental para aumentar o seu nível de desempenho e competência. No caso do sistema educacional, é uma ferramenta imprescindível. Permite obter informações sobre as boas práticas educativas que promovem os resultados desejados. O conhecimento dos resultados escolares é essencial para o desenvolvimento de dinâmicas inovadoras, eficazes e de qualidade, mas não só, também é importante o conhecimento de todas as outras atividades que permitem dotar os alunos com as competências e conhecimentos necessários à exploração das suas capacidades, de modo a integrarem-se de forma critica e ativa na sociedade. Avaliar a eficácia de uma escola não é tarefa fácil dada a multiplicidade de parâmetros e domínios a ter em conta. Esta avaliação deve ser entendida como forma de obter informação conducente ao conhecimento da escola, para depois se passar à ação. Feita a diagnose das necessidades, importa implementar estratégias educativas e processos de desenvolvimento, que conduzam à melhoria.
Com este projeto, investigamos quais as boas práticas que caraterizam uma escola eficaz, transformando-a numa boa escola. Com este intuito, o nosso trabalho empírico recorreu a uma investigação de cariz qualitativo e quantitativo, com a análise de documentos orientadores da ação educativa da escola e com inquérito por questionário aos alunos do ensino secundário. É um estudo de caso, feito com dados recolhidos numa escola do distrito de Viseu, cujos resultados académicos, nos exames nacionais têm vindo a melhorar assim como a sua posição no ranking nacional, nos últimos três anos.
Faced with the demands and needs of today's society, it is essential that schools proactively engage in efforts to improve their processes and, as a result, increase their effectiveness. As in other countries, in Portugal, there is also a need for schools to be involved in processes of consistent and continuous improvement. Evaluating any system is vital to the increase of your level of performance and competence. In the case of the educational system, it is an indispensable tool. It provides information on good educational practices that promote the desired results. The knowledge of school outcomes is not only essential for the development of innovative, effective and quality dynamics, but also to be aware of all other activities that allow students to have the skills and knowledge necessary to explore their abilities, in order to integrate themselves critically and actively in society. Evaluating the effectiveness of a school is not an easy task given the multiplicity of parameters and domains to take into account. This evaluation should be understood as a way to obtain information leading to the knowledge of the school, and then to take action. Once the needs are diagnosed, educational strategies and development processes must be implemented in order to obtain some improvement. With this project we investigate the good practices that characterize an effective school, transforming it into a good school. Having this in mind, our empirical work was based on a qualitative and quantitative research, which involved the analysis of guiding documents on the educational action of the school and a survey carried out amongst secondary school students. It is a study case, done with data collected in a school in the district of Viseu, whose academic results in the national exams have been improving as well as its position in the national ranking in the last three years.
Faced with the demands and needs of today's society, it is essential that schools proactively engage in efforts to improve their processes and, as a result, increase their effectiveness. As in other countries, in Portugal, there is also a need for schools to be involved in processes of consistent and continuous improvement. Evaluating any system is vital to the increase of your level of performance and competence. In the case of the educational system, it is an indispensable tool. It provides information on good educational practices that promote the desired results. The knowledge of school outcomes is not only essential for the development of innovative, effective and quality dynamics, but also to be aware of all other activities that allow students to have the skills and knowledge necessary to explore their abilities, in order to integrate themselves critically and actively in society. Evaluating the effectiveness of a school is not an easy task given the multiplicity of parameters and domains to take into account. This evaluation should be understood as a way to obtain information leading to the knowledge of the school, and then to take action. Once the needs are diagnosed, educational strategies and development processes must be implemented in order to obtain some improvement. With this project we investigate the good practices that characterize an effective school, transforming it into a good school. Having this in mind, our empirical work was based on a qualitative and quantitative research, which involved the analysis of guiding documents on the educational action of the school and a survey carried out amongst secondary school students. It is a study case, done with data collected in a school in the district of Viseu, whose academic results in the national exams have been improving as well as its position in the national ranking in the last three years.
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Escola Eficácia Avaliação Resultados Práticas educativas School Effectiveness Evaluation Results Educational practices