(Dé) construire la note : le guide d’un enseignant afin d’atténuer les impacts négatifs des notes dans un système universitaire néolibéral

Auteurs-es

  • Adriana Brook University of Toronto

Mots-clés :

noter, néolibéral , enseignement supérieur, évaluation, motivation, autonomie, commentaires d’évaluation formative

Résumé

Les critiques de l’université néolibérale affirment que l’évaluation compromet l’apprentissage. Ici, je complète un survol de la littérature pour déterminer si de telles critiques sont soutenues par des recherches. En étudiant la relation entre l’évaluation, la motivation, les commentaires d’évaluation et l’autonomie, je conclus que les notes ont un impact négatif sur l’apprentissage. J’explore les implications pour les enseignants des universités canadiennes, en suggérant que renoncer aux notes n’est ni faisable ni optimal pour les étudiants. Je propose des adaptations pragmatiques aux pratiques courantes qui favorisent davantage l’apprentissage et je conclus que des stratégies d’évaluation moins centrées sur les notes ne sont pas seulement la meilleure façon de soutenir l’apprentissage des étudiants, mais aussi atténuent l’influence de l’idéologie néolibérale.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Adriana Brook, University of Toronto

est professeure adjointe spécialisée dans l’enseignement au Département de Classics à l’Université de Toronto, avec des intérêts de recherche portant sur l’enseignement supérieur, le développement du corps professoral et la pédagogie des langues anciennes. Dans le domaine des études classiques, elle se concentre principalement sur les éléments rituels dans la tragédie grecque, avec un intérêt secondaire pour la réception de la tragédie grecque à Rome à l’époque républicaine et impériale précoce. Son livre, Tragic Rites : Narrative and Ritual in Sophoclean Drama, a été publié par l'University of Wisconsin Press en 2018. adriana.brook@utoronto.ca 

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2022-03-31

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Brook, A. (2022). (Dé) construire la note : le guide d’un enseignant afin d’atténuer les impacts négatifs des notes dans un système universitaire néolibéral . Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 57(2). Consulté à l’adresse https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/9992

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