Construção e validação de instrumento para avaliação de grupos do Programa de Educação Tutorial: PET

Abstract

The Tutorial Education Program (PET) is a program already consolidated in the Brazilian university environment. Given the diversity and scope of the groups (interdisciplinary or specific course), among the themes that involve the Program, there is one that has been debated over the years, dealing with the need to find ways of evaluating PET groups, whether considering the actions of each group; be considering the whole set of actions of the groups of an institution. At this juncture, this research aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire that can be used as an assessment tool for PET groups. The questionnaire was built based on published studies on the subject and legislation that regulates the program. The instrument is composed of 31 questions divided into the following themes: a) identification of PET Groups; b) inseparability between teaching, research and extension; c) meeting the PET objectives; d) management of the PET Groups. The instrument was created electronically to facilitate data collection and systematization. The validation process was divided into two parts. The first involved the participation of 30 experts, who were invited considering the following profile: being a PET group tutor; have a doctorate degree; being an interlocutor of the program in the institution; include participants from all regions of the country. The validation process aimed to capture suggestions for improving the instrument and assess the extent to which the instrument is able to assess what it intends to do (apparent validity) and the relevance of each item in the instrument (content validity). The result of the instrument validation step with the experts presented a Content Validity Index (CVIgeneral) of 0.94, demonstrating that the items constructed and presented in this instrument met the proposed objectives.