Formative assessment of civil and social competencies of students at the literature lessons

Abstract

The article deals with the formative assessment of students’ civic and social competencies at the Ukrainian and foreign literature lessons. The author analyzes a number of legal documents in the field of education, which emphasize the introduction of formative assessment in the practice of assessment of primary and basic school students. Formative assessment is defined as assessment to identify learning needs and the progress of each student, it is carried out constantly and aims to support, stimulate, motivate to learn. Important features of this type of assessment are criterion, interactivity, consistency. The components of formative assessment are mutual evaluation, self-evaluation, observation, development of clear goals and criteria for their achievement, feedback.
The article reveals in detail the purpose and objectives of such assessment, provides techniques / exercises that should be used to carry out formative assessment.
Civil and social competences are defined as a dynamic system of knowledge, understanding, judgments, skills, abilities, values and personal qualities, which together allow a person to act effectively in a civil society, to realize their rights and freedoms. Such competences are formal and developed through: various tasks for discussion, understanding of key concepts “democracy”, “respect for human dignity”, “responsibility”, “participation, “equality”, etc., i.e. the content of the lesson; work in groups, pairs; interdisciplinary projects; own example; experience (participation in school self-government).
Emphasis is placed on the expediency of using the European experience in this direction, in particular the work of the Council of Europe, whose experts have created and tested the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture, which can be used in the educational process to civic and social assess.
The author provides examples of exercises for formative assessment at the Ukrainian and foreign literature lessons. The evaluation criteria are based on the descriptors from the Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture.