Implementation of the Master of Teaching (Secondary): methodological aspects and results of its evaluation

Abstract

This work is part of a research project – The CUDICE-project, developed during the academic years 2009-10 and 2010-11, focused on the design, development and evaluation of science curriculum for the "Master of Teaching in Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Languages " at the Universities of Granada and Almería. The project involved teachers responsible for specific matters related to Experimental Science. The purpose of this paper is to describe the instruments and statistical analysis used, as well as the results obtained from a number of variables studied, in order to evaluate the curriculum implemented in the three groups into which the Master was given. It is not intended to give an exhaustive description of the results, but to show the reader an overview of the variety of instruments and procedures, both quantitative and qualitative, used. The most remarkable conclusion is that the implementation of the Master, in what affects specific matters related to Experimental Sciences, can be formatively assessed and this, in turn, investigated by a systematic improvement plan.