Tenured Scholars
Valencia, Edgar
Assistant Professor
He is a Psychologist, Master in Psychology with mention in Educational Psychology and Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development. He has specialized in educational evaluation and measurement applied in the field of higher education and he is currently a researcher in charge of a Fondecyt Initiation project.
General Editor Educational Thought, Latin American Educational Research Journal.
Main areas of study: teaching quality; applied educational measurement; validity and bias in questionnaires.
Education
| Degrees | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | University of Toronto | 2017 |
| Master in Psychology | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 2009 |
| Bachelor in psychology | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 2008 |
Research Projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fondecyt Initiation | Validity, Equanimity, and Consequences of the Evaluation of University Teaching: The Case of Initial Teacher Training Programs | Main investigator | Go to projectlaunch |
| 2022 | Millennium Nucleus | Student Experience in Higher Education in Chile: Expectations and Realities | Researcher | |
| 2020 | Funddef | Initial diagnostic evaluation in pedagogy: collaborative construction of instruments for better teacher training | Researcher |
Publications
Articles
Author
Year
Title
Magazine
Volume
Pages
DOI
Valencia, E.
2022
Gender-biased evaluation or actual differences? Fairness in the evaluation of faculty teaching
Higher Education
83
1315 – 1333 Feet
Bohle, LF, Valencia, E., Ross, G., Dzhabarovna, DD, Yarbaeva, SN, Kasymova, ZA, & Prytherch
2021
Medical education reform in Tajikistan: Comparison of the conventional one-year family medicine residency program and the new two-year residency program for postgraduate medical education
BMC Medical Education
21
Valencia, E.
2020
Acquiescence, instructor's gender bias and validity of student evaluation of teaching
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
45 (4)
483 – 495 Feet
Book chapters
Author
Year
chapter title
Editors
Book Title
Pages
Publishing
DOI/Url
Valencia, E., Kluttig, M., Rodriguez, B.
2019
How valid are the Results of the Specific and Pedagogical Knowledge Tests of the Teacher Professional Development System in Chile?
J. Manzi, MR Garcia & S. Taut
Validity of educational assessments in Chile and Latin America
563 – 603 Feet
UC editions
Santelices, MV, & Valencia
2019
Evaluation of Initial Teacher Training through estimates of added value: The case of a selective institution in Chile
B.Torres
Education, School and Faculty: Contributions from the Council of Deans of Education Faculties of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities
227 – 258 Feet
Publishing University of Concepción
Teaching and training of researchers
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Assessment in basic education | EDU0319 |
| Assessment for learning | EDU0512 |
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Quantitative research methods in education | EDU4046 |
| Methodological Directed Study | EDU4048 |
| Final graduation project 2 | EDU3899 |
| Final graduation project 1 | EDU3898 |
| Contemporary Challenges in Education | EDU3895 |
Commitment
Management
2022: Academic representative of the Master of Education UC, Mention Learning Assessment
2022: Associate editor Educational Thought magazine (PEL)
