Avaliação escolar: algumas reflexões sobre o tema à luz de conceitos Bakhtinianos.

Abstract

In this paper, two goals are proposed: 1. to discuss the definitions and meanings of evaluation/assessment in schools as they have been presented by the literature (studies in Teaching); 2. to present some alternatives to describe and think about the assessment based on concepts proposed by Mikhail Bakhtin (1992; 2009), especially those of genre, sphere and style. In order to achieve these goals, at first we discussed the origins, terminology and definitions of evaluation and assessment, according to the literature on the subject. Then we argued that the term "assessment" involves multiple and complex teacher's actions, being also characterized as a school literacy event. As an event, the assessment raises genres that receive different names and have a discursive nature.