Definition
of Educational Diagnosis
A diagnosis is a judgment or qualification that is made on a problem based on the observation and analysis of its symptoms or signs. Educational, on the other hand, is what is linked to education: teaching, instruction or indoctrination.
It's called educational diagnosis exercise that allows evaluating the skills, attitudes and knowledge of students and teachers to participate in a process of teaching and learning. The objective is that educators base their actions so that it can be determined if they coincide with the pedagogical requirements of today.
The development of an educational diagnosis has the purpose of analyzing the quality of education . It is a procedure that allows the description, classification and explanation of the actions of different actors within the framework of the school . With the educational diagnosis made, it is possible to make informed decisions related to the
educational field.
As in other types of diagnosis, this process begins with the collection of information. Then this information must be analyzed to favor the decision making and the necessary interventions.
Finally, the educational diagnosis itself can be evaluated according to the effects it produced.
In general, in an educational diagnosis, at least five variables are considered: the educator (the teacher), the student (the student), the program (what is taught), the methodology (how it is taught) and the framework ( the course, the institution, the community, etc.). Thus the panorama offered by the diagnosis is broad and provides a global perspective.
