¿Qué piensan los mejores estudiantes universitarios? Voces de futuros educadores
[EN] This paper focuses on academic excellence from the point of view of the students, who are the most important teaching-learning element according to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). We identified all candidates eligible for the highest honor qualification in Spanish universities (N = 2...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/85089 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/85089 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Educación superior Excelencia Egodocumento Evaluación Higher education Excellence Egodocument Assessment |
| Sumario: | [EN] This paper focuses on academic excellence from the point of view of the students, who are the most important teaching-learning element according to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). We identified all candidates eligible for the highest honor qualification in Spanish universities (N = 22) from two degrees. The sample included students from five academic years (2010-2015) from the degree in Social Education, and one academic year (2015-2016) from the degree in Primary Education at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM, Spain). We asked them to produce an essay (egodocument) in which they explained why they should receive this honor. The analysis of the essays were decisive in order to grant excellence; in addition, the essays were key introspective instrument that helped us to transform assessmentoflearning into assessmentforlearning. Beyond mere learning (knowing) and acquisition of competences (know how), outstanding students showed ethical attitudes and behaviors which were difficult to neglect, namely, equity, honesty, altruism, etc. (Knowing to be and to be together). The difference between outstanding students and someone who also deserves the highest honors may not lie in the position between nine and ten. This experience could be of interest to those academics concerned about the quality of higher education as it stresses a need for rethinking excellence, particularly when excellence is only based on quantitative criteria. |
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