Education needed: process-centered evaluation through an emerging model

Abstract

This essay is documentary in nature where an exhaustive bibliographic and online review was carried out; referring to the evaluation by competences given to the transformations that have been carried out in the Venezuelan Educational System; that have brought about changes in the pedagogical fact. In consideration of the issues raised, it is encouraged to reflect on the importance of assessment by competencies in the teaching-learning process that involves the human being as the leading entity of the same. However, today there are certain deficiencies and weaknesses in evaluation where greater emphasis is placed on the product and the learning process is not evaluated, which hinders the student's comprehensive training. For this reason, it is essential to create an evaluation model that takes the student into account, as an integral being who has experiences and skills that allow him to build his learning significantly. This is how the competency assessment allows the assessment and appreciation of the progress and achievements made by students, exceeding the quantitative and reaffirming the qualitative, which will really guarantee the improvement of learning, pedagogical practice and society. Therefore, the need arises for a transformational educational process and for new paradigms that govern a competency assessment focused on an emerging model.