Evaluation as an exercise for teacher empowerment

Abstract

This article is part of the degree paper: “The exercise of the teacher’s power in the evaluation of learning,” which intends to understand the pedagogical meaning of the exercise of the teacher’s power in the evaluation of learning; having as its main principle the context of teaching-learning in the Simon Bolivar Educational Institute in the municipality of Samaniego. The achievement of this objective necessarily incorporates an approach to the concept of evaluation; in the same way, it shows how different conceptions and expressions of the exercise of power are produced in the classroom. The methodology used for the development of this purpose incorporates bibliographic inquiry, in-depth interviews, conceptual systematization, analysis of the information, and the theoretical perspectives of different authors who have been consulted. The result of this researching is to point out that evaluation is understood as a comprehensive process underlying the empowerment of the teacher, which should be understood and exercised in a pedagogical sense in order to achieve positive results in the context of the educational process.