The role of tutor at school. The evaluation of a training course through a qualitative and quantitative perspective

Abstract

This contribution presents the results of an evaluation research of the training course "Tutor role at school", carried out in the 2017/2018 at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (Unibo) and the University of Milano-Bicocca (Unimib). Specifically, a qualitative-quantitative analysis was conducted through the construction of an ex-ante and ex-post questionnaire aimed at outlining the professional profile of the teachers attending the course, through the analysis of some variables such as: teaching habits, openness to self-evaluation, beliefs about didactic planning; and at evaluating their motivation towards innovation and change. Both quantitative and qualitative analysis showed similar results: the participants provided a positive feedback related to the training course and to new professional competencies mainly concerning the areas of observation and documentation.