Program Evaluation - A Practitioner's Guide for Trainers and Educators

Please glance over the questions that follow and read the answers to those that are of interest. Q: What does this manual do? A: This manual guides the user through designing an evaluation. A: Who can use it? A: Anyone interested or involved in evaluating professional trammg or inservice education programs. The primary users will be staff members who are doing their own program evaluation-maybe for the first time. (Experienced evaluators or other professional educators can find useful guides and worksheets in it.) Q: If I work through this manual, what will I accomplish? A: You will develop one or more evaluation designs, and perhaps you'll also use the designs to evaluate something to make it better or to document its current value. Q: What is an evaluation design? A: An evaluation design is a conceptual and procedural map for getting important information about training efforts to people who can use it, as shown in the graphic below.

Sommario

Getting Started.- Products.- 1: Outline of Evaluation Questions.- 2: Outline of Evaluation Questions.- 3: Information Collection Plan.- 4: Analysis and Interpretation Plan.- 5: Report Plan.- 6: Management Plan.- 7: Plan to Evaluate the Evaluation.- Appendices.- A: Selecting What (an Object) to Evaluate.- B: An Example of an Evaluation Design.- C: Extra Worksheets.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dale M. Brethower, Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Terry Hluchyj
• Con la collaborazione di: D. M. Brethower (Editore), D.M. Brethower (Editore), Robert O. Brinkerhoff (Editore), T. Hluchyj (Editore), M Brethower (Editore), D M Brethower (Editore), Jeri Nowakowski (Editore), Jeri Nowakowski et al (Editore)
• Editore: Springer Netherlands
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.10.2013
• EAN: 9780898381221
• ISBN: 978-0-89838-122-1
• Pagine: 128
• Peso: 335 g
• Illustrazioni: 128 p.
• Serie: Evaluation in Education and Human Services; Evaluation in Education and Human Services
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica