AVALIAÇÃO EDUCACIONAL E FORMAÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA: análise dos currículos de treze IES latino-americanas.

The field of educational assessment has provoked fertile debate for nearly a century. With regard to studies that analyze the theme from the curriculum of teacher training in Physical Education, a timid production that seeks to know and compare different training contexts and their consequences for the future professional performance with evaluation. The objective of this article is to bring contributions from the analysis of different prescribed curriculum, aiming to present, understand and reflect on what has been prescribed on assessment in the subject plans of 13 Physical Education teacher training courses from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela). It is characterized as a qualitative research, based on document analysis and comparative method. To analyze the sources, it uses Gephi 0.9.2 and IRAMUTEQ softwares as help tools. It takes as sources 14 assessment subject plans and 91 bibliographies prescribed in these plans. The results show that the teaching of assessment in these disciplines is centered on discussions about: Educational assessment in a broader way; Learning assessment; Theoretical bases of evaluation; Evaluative instruments; Systems assessment; Evaluation functions; Physical tests; Anthropometric measurements; Assessment of physical and sporting activity. It concludes that the different subject plans approach the assessment according to the specific characteristics of each course and/or according to the teacher training policies present in each country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]