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CHRISTEL JACOB
Professional Development and Short Courses
• Wits University / P&DM (CLEAR): Impact Evaluation Certificate Course / 2012
• Stellenbosch University / African Doctoral Academy: Attending Short Courses through the ADA in
Preparation for Pursuing my PhD in Evaluation Studies / 2010
• University of Johannesburg / Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development / 2009:
- Workshops for Continuous Professional Development (CPD – HPCSA)
- HIV in the South African Context
- HIV Care and Counselling
- Professional Writing in Psychology
- Professional Ethics
- Publishing your Thesis
- Writing your Research Proposal and Dissertation
• Patricia Rogers Lectures / Evalnet Evaluation for Sustainable Development in Africa / 2004:
- Specialist training in Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Certificate Course in Performance in Monitoring & Evaluation – Addressing the Different Dimensions
- Certificate Course in Using Monitoring and Evaluation Data for Decision Making
- Certificate Course in Programme Logic
• International Course on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation / 2003 / International Institute of Rural
Reconstruction / Philippines
• Michael Quinn Patton Lectures / Evalnet, Evaluation for sustainable Development in Africa / 2002:
- Certificate Course in Evaluation for Development: Empowering People through Monitoring and
Evaluation
- Certificate Course in New Trends in Evaluation: An advanced Course in Evaluation:
• Dissertation, M. Soc. Sc. (Applied Research Psychology) / University of Natal / 2001 - 2002
- Research area: Black Professional Employees’ Perceptions of Affirmative Action and Organisational
Change: A Narrative Analysis
• Internship, M. Soc. Sc. (Applied Research Psychology), International Development Research Centre (IDRC),
Johannesburg / 2000:
- Collaborate with 4 other evaluation research associates from East and West Africa within the
Evaluation and Learning System for Acacia (ELSA); participate in the conceptual work and
development of the ELSA programme strategy within the Acacia programme; coordinate evaluation of
projects in South Africa and Mozambique such as telecentres and community applications of ICT’s;
participate and be involved in data collection, processing and analysis of project evaluation data; travel
in the region covered by the Acacia programme as the need arises; and participate in the preparation of
various evaluation reports.
- As part of my work with Acacia I was asked by Government Communication (GCIS) to assist with
developing the evaluation strategy for the role out of the Multi-Purpose Community Centres. As a result
I sat on the National Inter Sectoral Steering Committee as well as on the Research Task team.
• Graduate Assistantship:
- Topics covered: Introduction to SPSS; the analysis of categorical data and the chi-square test;
statistical power theory; the logic of analysis of variance; one-way analysis of variance; factorial
analysis of variance; test construction; reliability, testing test items; distribution-free tests; choosing
suitable statistics.
- Tutoring: I have tutored the quantitative methods module of the Psychology 301 course as part of my
training. This involves a 3-hour session with 20 students, going over topics covered; going over
homework; as well as marking homework every week.
• Specialisation Module, Industrial / Organisational Psychology (Honours module):
- Topics covered: An introduction to organisational theory and the evolution of management;
organisational re-engineering; assessment centres and selection practices in South African
organisations; labour relations; implementing employment equity in South African organisations;
employee well-being and social responsibility; contemporary approaches to business ethics and
corporate social responsibility; the management of performance; an MBO approach to managing
performance; training and development; the changing nature of work; organisational psychologists and
the business of the future; the female organisation; marketing management.
- Project: Workplace Stress – Paper; Organisational Change – Paper.
• Community Psychology:
- Topics covered: History of Community Psychology; ethical considerations; politics of primary health
care; the politics of community intervention;
- Project: The Theory and Process involved in an NGO Consultancy Project (Paper presented at the
KwaZulu Natal Postgraduate Conference, School of Psychology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg,
September 1999)
- Organisational Development: Contracting; entry; diagnosis; goal setting; intervention exploration;
intervention implementation; intervention evaluation; contract termination; report write up; feedback.
• Applied Research and Evaluation:
- Topics covered and assignments: Policy context for applied research; models of applied research;
research ethics; rapid methodologies; case studies/ secondary analysis/ meta-analysis; quantitative

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designs; cost and effectiveness; getting research into practice; introduction to epidemiology;
participatory action research; market research.
- Project: UNP HIV/ Aids Awareness Week 3 – 6 May 1999: Evaluating impact– co-authored Literature
search; proposal writing; research instrument design - qualitative and quantitative; contract negotiation;
interview administration/ data collection; interview transcription; data capturing; data analysis;
secondary data analysis; presentation of findings to stakeholders; evaluation report write up.
• Qualitative Methods:
- Topics covered and assignments: qualitative orientation; research designs and data collection;
qualitative data analysis; producing reports.
- Project: Hierarchies of Development: An analysis of the empowerment/ development of
‘disadvantaged’.
- University students from a social constructionism – positioning theory perspective – co-authored
Literature search; proposal writing; interview instrument design; contract negotiation; pilot study;
interview administration (tape recorded); interview transcription; data analysis; paper write up.
• Quantitative Methods (SPSS):
- Topics covered and assignments: data exploration and cleansing; factor analysis; cluster analysis;
discriminant function analysis; manova; log linear analysis; logistic regression.
- Project: Perceptions and experiences of dé ja vu.
- Designing research instrument (questionnaire); administering questionnaire; statistical analysis of data
captured; and a critique of the instrument.
• Coursework, M Soc. Sc. (Applied Research Psychology), University of Natal, General Models and Principles
of Inquiry / 1999:
- Topics covered: Theory of science for psychology; philosophy of science for psychology; sociology and
psychology of science; philosophy of the mind; metaphors and theories in psychology; conceptual
issues in applied research; conceptual issues specific to psychology; intellectual developments driving
conceptual change in the sciences.
- Project: Literature review: Women and Tobacco – co-authored.
- Literature search – electronic databases; library; Internet; organisations.
• Dissertation, BA(SS) (Hons) UNISA / 1995:
- Research area: Interpersonal Communication: The Effects of Gender and Commitment of
undergraduate.
- University Students on Self-disclosure to Platonic Friends.