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What works?: the culture of evidence in university teaching
This article analyses the culture of
evidence in university teaching and its
implications in the professional
training of teachers in higher educa
tion. The new culture of organisati
on and assessment introduced into
university teaching has brought about the configuration of a management model geared towards results and
accountability based on solid
evidence. Its implementation means that
both administrators and teachers are
asking themselves:
what works?
This study shows that the implementation of a culture of evidence requires the
adoption of a pluralist vision of evidence, as well as cl
ear criteria for determining the validity of evidence. In
addition, teachers should be trained to
mobilise systematic pedagogic know
ledge and transform their practice,
using available institutional support, the systematic analysis of their own experience, and the promotion of best
practic