Assessing Service-Learning And Civic Engagement Principles And TechniquesPedro Craggett
This summary provides an overview of the document in 3 sentences:
After a decade of growth, outcome assessment and service-learning initiatives are now mainstream in higher education. The document reviews a handbook that provides guidance on assessing the impact of service-learning on students, faculty, community partners, and institutions. It summarizes the handbook's comprehensive approach to assessment and some concerns around reliance on self-reporting and the complexity of accurately assessing service-learning outcomes.
Learning analytics - what can we achieve together.pptxRebecca Ferguson
Keynote given on 7 June 2023 by Rebecca Ferguson of The Open University in the UK at the Learning Analytics Summer Institute (LASI) organised by the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) in Singapore.
1) Qualitative assessment cultivates the human capacity to learn from others by using open-ended inquiries to understand experiences, behaviors, and interactions.
2) It generates non-numerical data through methods like interviews, focus groups, and observations to develop a holistic understanding of complex issues.
3) For DDI programs addressing controversial issues, qualitative assessment provides a richer picture of outcomes like increased capacity for dialogue and allows inclusion of diverse views.
This performance task involves students collaboratively designing, building, and testing a slide prototype. The goal is to move an object a specified distance down the slide. Students work in groups to develop a slide plan, seek funding to build a prototype, test and refine the prototype, and present their learning process to the community. The task addresses standards in social studies, math, science, and language arts. Students self-assess and reflect throughout as they engage in problem-solving, effective communication, and incorporating feedback to improve their design. The open-ended, collaborative nature of the task promotes differentiation and engagement for all learners.
Richard Sharpe gave a presentation on bridge-building leadership in higher education. He discussed the challenges UK higher education faces, including decreased government funding. He emphasized the need for universities to develop strategic agility and greater collaboration, both within and across institutions. Sharpe presented models of intercultural competence and strategies for working across cultures effectively, including developing empathy, flexibility, and mutual understanding. He argued that bridge-building leaders play an important role in fostering collaboration by bringing people together, finding win-win solutions, and developing shared goals and processes.
Design and Design Thinking has been business and management for some time, with influential thinkers like Roger Martin at Harvard, and Tim Brown of IDEO promoting the approach as a way to address complex problems in the public and the private sector (Brown and Martin 2015). Part of the interest relates to the way design tools have been used in the digital economy to create artefacts and systems, the success of these things leading to the sense that the design is an approach to problem solving that can be applied in a number of contexts. This paper is an attempt to make sense of design based approaches as a research tool. It is based on my own interest in, and experience of, using these approaches in work with Third Sector organisations as they explore and develop their engagement with the digital world. Influenced by Dorst and Cross (2001) my own work places the focus on the organisation, and on how values are articulated, explored, contested and narrated through design, production and use of digital media. Even a simplistic account of design practice recognises it as a creative inquiry. However, in order to develop a more sophisticated understanding of design practice as research practice there is a need to look at the mode of inquiries used within design. In particular, what kinds of questions can design based approaches address. The paper will report on the insights that a design approach to action research can bring by focussing on Voluntary Organisations and value.
Bringing the backstage conversations front of stage: a whole organisational ...SEDA
This document discusses inclusive practices at Oxford Brookes University. It outlines how the university has mapped conversations around inclusion, identified key partners, and embedded inclusion in curriculum policies and professional development. Goals include reducing outcomes gaps for underrepresented groups and improving graduate destinations. Next steps involve linking disparate conversations, monitoring impact of inclusion tools, and rethinking employability and belonging through a cultural capital model and social learning.
Interns will build good professional networks through internships that can help with future job opportunities. Internships provide valuable experience to put on a resume and help students stand out compared to those without internship experience. Many employers use internships as trial periods and often hire interns for full-time roles after graduation. Employers view internships as an important way to recruit entry-level candidates and see interns as attractive potential hires.
Assessing Service-Learning And Civic Engagement Principles And TechniquesPedro Craggett
This summary provides an overview of the document in 3 sentences:
After a decade of growth, outcome assessment and service-learning initiatives are now mainstream in higher education. The document reviews a handbook that provides guidance on assessing the impact of service-learning on students, faculty, community partners, and institutions. It summarizes the handbook's comprehensive approach to assessment and some concerns around reliance on self-reporting and the complexity of accurately assessing service-learning outcomes.
Learning analytics - what can we achieve together.pptxRebecca Ferguson
Keynote given on 7 June 2023 by Rebecca Ferguson of The Open University in the UK at the Learning Analytics Summer Institute (LASI) organised by the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) in Singapore.
1) Qualitative assessment cultivates the human capacity to learn from others by using open-ended inquiries to understand experiences, behaviors, and interactions.
2) It generates non-numerical data through methods like interviews, focus groups, and observations to develop a holistic understanding of complex issues.
3) For DDI programs addressing controversial issues, qualitative assessment provides a richer picture of outcomes like increased capacity for dialogue and allows inclusion of diverse views.
This performance task involves students collaboratively designing, building, and testing a slide prototype. The goal is to move an object a specified distance down the slide. Students work in groups to develop a slide plan, seek funding to build a prototype, test and refine the prototype, and present their learning process to the community. The task addresses standards in social studies, math, science, and language arts. Students self-assess and reflect throughout as they engage in problem-solving, effective communication, and incorporating feedback to improve their design. The open-ended, collaborative nature of the task promotes differentiation and engagement for all learners.
Richard Sharpe gave a presentation on bridge-building leadership in higher education. He discussed the challenges UK higher education faces, including decreased government funding. He emphasized the need for universities to develop strategic agility and greater collaboration, both within and across institutions. Sharpe presented models of intercultural competence and strategies for working across cultures effectively, including developing empathy, flexibility, and mutual understanding. He argued that bridge-building leaders play an important role in fostering collaboration by bringing people together, finding win-win solutions, and developing shared goals and processes.
Design and Design Thinking has been business and management for some time, with influential thinkers like Roger Martin at Harvard, and Tim Brown of IDEO promoting the approach as a way to address complex problems in the public and the private sector (Brown and Martin 2015). Part of the interest relates to the way design tools have been used in the digital economy to create artefacts and systems, the success of these things leading to the sense that the design is an approach to problem solving that can be applied in a number of contexts. This paper is an attempt to make sense of design based approaches as a research tool. It is based on my own interest in, and experience of, using these approaches in work with Third Sector organisations as they explore and develop their engagement with the digital world. Influenced by Dorst and Cross (2001) my own work places the focus on the organisation, and on how values are articulated, explored, contested and narrated through design, production and use of digital media. Even a simplistic account of design practice recognises it as a creative inquiry. However, in order to develop a more sophisticated understanding of design practice as research practice there is a need to look at the mode of inquiries used within design. In particular, what kinds of questions can design based approaches address. The paper will report on the insights that a design approach to action research can bring by focussing on Voluntary Organisations and value.
Bringing the backstage conversations front of stage: a whole organisational ...SEDA
This document discusses inclusive practices at Oxford Brookes University. It outlines how the university has mapped conversations around inclusion, identified key partners, and embedded inclusion in curriculum policies and professional development. Goals include reducing outcomes gaps for underrepresented groups and improving graduate destinations. Next steps involve linking disparate conversations, monitoring impact of inclusion tools, and rethinking employability and belonging through a cultural capital model and social learning.
Interns will build good professional networks through internships that can help with future job opportunities. Internships provide valuable experience to put on a resume and help students stand out compared to those without internship experience. Many employers use internships as trial periods and often hire interns for full-time roles after graduation. Employers view internships as an important way to recruit entry-level candidates and see interns as attractive potential hires.
Here is a slideshow on engaging youth in evaluations prepared for my qualitative methods/analysis class. I look forward to your feedback! Enjoy the show!
The document provides guidance for schools on developing personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTS) in students. It discusses the six areas of the PLTS framework: independent enquirers, creative thinkers, reflective learners, team workers, self-managers, and effective participants. It directs schools to the secondary curriculum website for further resources, including case studies of how schools have embedded PLTS across their curriculums. The guidance is organized around three key questions for developing PLTS: what schools are trying to achieve, how learning will be organized, and how schools will evaluate their success in achieving aims.
This document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Narimane Hadj-Hamou on defining excellence in online education. The presentation discusses how excellence is defined, challenges to defining excellence, and frameworks for assessing excellence such as the MeLQ framework developed jointly by HBMEU and scil. It also covers how online education is redefining concepts like learning, universities, and learners' roles. Challenges to defining excellence include lack of standards, research, and awareness. Defining excellence requires long-term strategy, community engagement, and collaborative research across institutions.
This document discusses authentic assessment and its advantages over traditional assessment. It defines authentic assessment as evaluating students on meaningful tasks that simulate real-world situations. Some key points made include:
1) Authentic assessment allows students to demonstrate deep understanding and problem-solving skills through tasks like writing letters or conducting experiments, rather than just memorization.
2) It provides criteria-referenced evaluations rather than just norm-referenced comparisons to other students.
3) When done well, authentic assessment engages students more and provides valid inferences about their skills.
4) Both authentic and traditional assessments have roles to play in a balanced assessment program.
This document is a resource guide for peer educators in the Herberger Business School at St. Cloud State University. It provides an overview of the role and responsibilities of peer educators, including cultivating relationships with mentees and sharing experiences to help mentees adjust to college. It also covers developmental advising models and explains that peer educators should focus on sharing their experiences rather than giving direct advice. The guide reviews the liberal education and business core requirements for various business degrees and provides resources for peer educators to familiarize themselves with campus services and degree programs.
The Role of Evaluation in Sustainable Developmentcdanderf
This document discusses the role of evaluation in sustainable development. It defines evaluation as a tool that can help communities understand what sustainability means for them by connecting perceptions with realities. The document advocates using both qualitative and quantitative methods and involving local stakeholders. It also discusses six principles of sustainable development and gives two local examples of how evaluation could provide insight.
This document provides an overview of authentic assessment and compares it to traditional assessment. Some key points:
- Authentic assessment measures skills like problem-solving and collaboration through real-world tasks, unlike traditional assessments which focus on memorization.
- It allows students to demonstrate deep understanding and skills needed in adult life. Assessments include tasks like writing letters which are evaluated using rubrics.
- Authentic assessment is meant to be more valid and reliable than traditional tests by reflecting complex, applied knowledge. However, it also has weaknesses like increased costs and time requirements.
- While authentic assessment is increasingly popular, the document argues a balanced approach using both authentic and traditional methods provides the most complete picture of student
Scrutiny can act as an effective critical friend by providing constructive challenge and new perspectives to cabinet members to drive service improvement. A critical friend fully understands the context, shares the ultimate aim, asks provocative questions, and offers critiques as a trusted friend. For scrutiny to fulfill this role, it must be clear about shared aims, develop strong questioning skills, bring new information and external views to debates, and ensure it is making a meaningful impact through its work.
The document discusses creativity and leadership. It describes the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) model which includes stages of clarifying situations, transforming ideas, and implementing solutions. CPS involves thinking skills like strategic, ideational, and contextual thinking paired with affective skills. The document also examines the relationship between creativity and leadership, positioning creativity as a core leadership competence needed to address complex problems. It presents models for developing creative change leaders and the interaction between person, process, environment, and products in creative change.
This document introduces an intensive 2-day futuring program called the Incept Dialogue for education stakeholders. The Dialogue uses provocations, analytic tools, and a futuring sequence to help participants reflect on their practice, identify goals and desired outcomes, and develop interventions. Tools like IGET, IDAPT, and CLARA assess participants' views and create individual and group profiles. These inform discussions to redefine terms and goals. The outcome is a clear change plan for the school with indicators to measure success in teaching and learning.
Participatory evaluation involves stakeholders in a project assessing and improving it from the beginning. This approach changes a project from something done to people into a partnership. Key steps are starting with understanding local culture, gaining trust over time, and training all involved. Benefits include a better understanding of needs and effects, empowering stakeholders, and increasing project effectiveness. Challenges include the time needed for involvement, trust-building, and training non-experts.
This document introduces an intensive 2-day futuring program called the Incept Dialogue for education stakeholders. The Dialogue uses provocations, analytic tools, and a futuring sequence to help participants collaboratively identify needs, practices, and outcomes. It challenges participants to redefine terms and goals. Analytic tools make assumptions and indicators visible to guide goal-setting. The program aims to produce a clear change plan for schools with measurable success indicators and a shared understanding of effective teaching and learning.
Using a standards alignment model as a framework for doctoral candidate asses...CPEDInitiative
This document outlines the process an institution took to redesign its doctoral program in alignment with CPED principles. It began with conducting a needs assessment and developing a theory of action linking program components to intended outcomes. Key aspects of the redesign included establishing program standards, designing authentic assessments like a scholarly practitioner portfolio and dissertation in practice, and using these assessments for continuous program improvement. The goal was to create a coherent program design that prepared students as scholarly practitioners who could apply research to solve problems of practice.
The document discusses an illuminative/responsive approach to evaluating an English as a foreign language (EFL) learning support program (LSP) in Greece. It describes a 4-step evaluation process: 1) Preparing stakeholders, 2) Identifying the program setting, 3) Sharing, observing, and seeking feedback, and 4) Reviewing, reflecting, and remedying issues. The evaluation aims to foster autonomous learning and involvement of all stakeholders at each step. It is argued that this participatory, formative approach can help programs improve, build ownership among stakeholders, and make evaluation less opposed in the Greek educational system.
This document provides an overview of a professional development conference session on becoming an effective supervisor. The session goals are to identify principles of inclusive supervision, define the purpose and functions of supervision, and describe the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees. The agenda includes discussing guidance for supervision practice, the supervisor-supervisee relationship, and competencies for supervisors.
The document discusses using authentic learning to develop graduate attributes. It provides an overview of graduate attributes, authentic learning elements, and research conducted at the University of Western Cape on authentic learning. It then presents a case study of a physiotherapy lecturer who uses authentic contexts, tasks, expert performances, coaching/scaffolding, reflection and other elements to develop graduate attributes in her students. The conclusion is that authentic learning effectively develops the skills, values and attributes expected of university graduates by engaging them in real-world tasks with consequences for learning.
Overview Our team has been immersed in ‘whole .docxgertrudebellgrove
Overview
Our team has been immersed in ‘whole system change’ for the past few years
in Ontario, Canada; California; Australia and New Zealand; and elsewhere. Our main
mode of learning is to go from practice to theory, and then back and forth to obtain
more specific insights about how to lead and participate in transformative change in
schools and school systems.
In this workshop we take the best of these insights from our most recent
publications: Stratosphere, The Professional Capital of Teachers, The Principal,
Freedom to Change, and Coherence and integrate the ideas into a single set of
learnings.
The specific objectives for participants are:
1. To learn to take initiative on what we call 'Freedom to Change’.
2. To Understand and be able to use the ‘Coherence Framework’.
3. To analyze your current situation and to identify action strategies fro making
improvements.
4. Overall to gain insights into ‘leadership in a digital age’.
We have organized this session around six modules:
Module I Freedom From Change 1-4
Module II Focusing Direction 5-10
Module III Cultivating Collaborative Cultures 11-14
Module IV Deepening Learning 15-22
Module V Securing Accountability 23-30
Module VI Freedom To Change 31-32
References 33
Please feel free to reproduce and use the
material in this booklet with your staff and others.
2015
Freedom From Change
1
Shifting to
the Right Drivers
Right Wrong
§ Capacity building
§ Collaborative work
§ Pedagogy
§ Systemness
§ Accountability
§ Individual teacher and
leadership quality
§ Technology
§ Fragmented strategies
Freedom:
If you could make one
change in your school or
system what would it be?
What obstacles stand in
your way?
What would you change? What are the obstacles?
Trio Talk:
§ Meet up with two colleagues.
§ Share your choice and rationale.
§ What were the similarities and differences in the choices?
Module 1
2
The Concepts of Freedom § Freedom to is getting rid of the constraints.
§ Freedom from is figuring
out what to do when you
become more liberated.
Seeking Coherence § Within your table read the seven quotes from Coherence and circle
the one you like the best.
§ Go around the table and see who selected which quotes.
§ As a group discuss what ‘coherence’ means.
Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems
Fullan, M., & Quinn, J. ( 2015). Corwin & Ontario Principals’ Council.
# Quote
1. There is only one way to achieve greater coherence, and that is through purposeful action and interaction,
working on capacity, clarity, precision of practice, transparency, monitoring of progress, and continuous
correction. All of this requires the right mixture of “pressure and support”: the press for progress within
supportive and focused cultures. p. 2
2. Coher ...
490The Future of EvaluationOrienting Questions1. H.docxblondellchancy
490
The Future of Evaluation
Orienting Questions
1. How are future program evaluations likely to be different from current evaluations in
• the way in which political considerations are handled?
• the approaches that will be used?
• the involvement of stakeholders?
• who conducts them?
2. How is evaluation like some other activities in organizations?
3. How is evaluation viewed differently in other countries?
We have reached the last chapter of this book, but we have only begun to share
what is known about program evaluation. The references we have made to other
writings reflect only a fraction of the existing literature in this growing field. In
choosing to focus attention on (1) alternative approaches to program evaluation,
and (2) practical guidelines for planning, conducting, reporting, and using evalu-
ation studies, we have tried to emphasize what we believe is most important to
include in any single volume that aspires to give a broad overview of such a complex
and multifaceted field. We hope we have selected well, but we encourage students
and evaluation practitioners to go beyond this text to explore the richness and
depth of other evaluation literature. In this final chapter, we share our perceptions
and those of a few of our colleagues about evaluation’s future.
The Future of Evaluation
Hindsight is inevitably better than foresight, and ours is no exception. Yet present
circumstances permit us to hazard a few predictions that we believe will hold true
for program evaluation in the next few decades. History will determine whether
18
Chapter 18 • The Future of Evaluation 491
Predictions Concerning the Profession
of Evaluation
1. Evaluation will become an increasingly useful force in our society. As
noted, evaluation will have increasing impacts on programs, on organizations, and
on society. Many of the movements we have discussed in this text—performance
monitoring, organizational learning, and others—illustrate the increasing interest
in and impact of evaluation in different sectors. Evaluative means of thinking will
improve ways of planning and delivering programs and policies to achieve their
intended effects and, more broadly, improve society.
2. Evaluation will increase in the United States and in other developed
countries as the pressure for accountability weighs heavily on governments and
nonprofit organizations that deliver vital services. The emphasis on accountability
and data-based decision making has increased dramatically in the first decade of
the twenty-first century. Also, virtually every trend points to more, not less, eval-
uation in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in the future. In some organi-
zations, the focus is on documenting outcomes in response to external political
pressures. In other organizations, evaluation is being used for organizational
growth and development, which should, ultimately, improve the achievement of
those outcomes. In each context, however, evaluation is in dema ...
In the Leadership Lab, the theory gives way to practice, as fellows participate in a series of project-based exercises and managerial simulations designed to create the mixture of urgency and ambiguity that frequently accompanies real life leadership challenges. Fellows then analyze the decisions and behaviors they exhibited under such conditions, to build greater self-
awareness.
A seminar drawn from two projects that explored a range of assessment practices, and examined how they are implemented by establishing and comparing attitudes to assessment amongst tutors and students within three ODL environments: University of London International Programmes, King’s College London (ODL programmes) and the Open University.
The document discusses meetings from an anthropological perspective. It argues that meetings serve as ritualized spaces where individuals and groups ideally focus on the primary task, but also engage in ritual performances to preserve identity or disrupt goals. These rituals can meet or disrupt the purpose of the meeting. Theories from anthropology, sociology, and psychodynamics provide tools to analyze complex group dynamics and performances in meetings. The "Culture Empathy Map" is presented as a tool for understanding the holistic culture and psychodynamics of meetings.
Karen Izod and Siobhain Smiton presented on crafting research from practice at the Tavistock Institute. They discussed undertaking research for a professional doctorate program that brings together candidates from various fields. Research in this program is led by curiosity about organizations and practice, derives from practitioners' experiences, and explores dynamics between inner and outer worlds. They provided examples of research conducted by past graduates, including on leadership transitions, GP experiences of healthcare changes, and illuminating organizational culture from a systems psychodynamic perspective. The presentation aimed to help attendees develop research ideas from their own consultancy practices.
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This document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Narimane Hadj-Hamou on defining excellence in online education. The presentation discusses how excellence is defined, challenges to defining excellence, and frameworks for assessing excellence such as the MeLQ framework developed jointly by HBMEU and scil. It also covers how online education is redefining concepts like learning, universities, and learners' roles. Challenges to defining excellence include lack of standards, research, and awareness. Defining excellence requires long-term strategy, community engagement, and collaborative research across institutions.
This document discusses authentic assessment and its advantages over traditional assessment. It defines authentic assessment as evaluating students on meaningful tasks that simulate real-world situations. Some key points made include:
1) Authentic assessment allows students to demonstrate deep understanding and problem-solving skills through tasks like writing letters or conducting experiments, rather than just memorization.
2) It provides criteria-referenced evaluations rather than just norm-referenced comparisons to other students.
3) When done well, authentic assessment engages students more and provides valid inferences about their skills.
4) Both authentic and traditional assessments have roles to play in a balanced assessment program.
This document is a resource guide for peer educators in the Herberger Business School at St. Cloud State University. It provides an overview of the role and responsibilities of peer educators, including cultivating relationships with mentees and sharing experiences to help mentees adjust to college. It also covers developmental advising models and explains that peer educators should focus on sharing their experiences rather than giving direct advice. The guide reviews the liberal education and business core requirements for various business degrees and provides resources for peer educators to familiarize themselves with campus services and degree programs.
The Role of Evaluation in Sustainable Developmentcdanderf
This document discusses the role of evaluation in sustainable development. It defines evaluation as a tool that can help communities understand what sustainability means for them by connecting perceptions with realities. The document advocates using both qualitative and quantitative methods and involving local stakeholders. It also discusses six principles of sustainable development and gives two local examples of how evaluation could provide insight.
This document provides an overview of authentic assessment and compares it to traditional assessment. Some key points:
- Authentic assessment measures skills like problem-solving and collaboration through real-world tasks, unlike traditional assessments which focus on memorization.
- It allows students to demonstrate deep understanding and skills needed in adult life. Assessments include tasks like writing letters which are evaluated using rubrics.
- Authentic assessment is meant to be more valid and reliable than traditional tests by reflecting complex, applied knowledge. However, it also has weaknesses like increased costs and time requirements.
- While authentic assessment is increasingly popular, the document argues a balanced approach using both authentic and traditional methods provides the most complete picture of student
Scrutiny can act as an effective critical friend by providing constructive challenge and new perspectives to cabinet members to drive service improvement. A critical friend fully understands the context, shares the ultimate aim, asks provocative questions, and offers critiques as a trusted friend. For scrutiny to fulfill this role, it must be clear about shared aims, develop strong questioning skills, bring new information and external views to debates, and ensure it is making a meaningful impact through its work.
The document discusses creativity and leadership. It describes the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) model which includes stages of clarifying situations, transforming ideas, and implementing solutions. CPS involves thinking skills like strategic, ideational, and contextual thinking paired with affective skills. The document also examines the relationship between creativity and leadership, positioning creativity as a core leadership competence needed to address complex problems. It presents models for developing creative change leaders and the interaction between person, process, environment, and products in creative change.
This document introduces an intensive 2-day futuring program called the Incept Dialogue for education stakeholders. The Dialogue uses provocations, analytic tools, and a futuring sequence to help participants reflect on their practice, identify goals and desired outcomes, and develop interventions. Tools like IGET, IDAPT, and CLARA assess participants' views and create individual and group profiles. These inform discussions to redefine terms and goals. The outcome is a clear change plan for the school with indicators to measure success in teaching and learning.
Participatory evaluation involves stakeholders in a project assessing and improving it from the beginning. This approach changes a project from something done to people into a partnership. Key steps are starting with understanding local culture, gaining trust over time, and training all involved. Benefits include a better understanding of needs and effects, empowering stakeholders, and increasing project effectiveness. Challenges include the time needed for involvement, trust-building, and training non-experts.
This document introduces an intensive 2-day futuring program called the Incept Dialogue for education stakeholders. The Dialogue uses provocations, analytic tools, and a futuring sequence to help participants collaboratively identify needs, practices, and outcomes. It challenges participants to redefine terms and goals. Analytic tools make assumptions and indicators visible to guide goal-setting. The program aims to produce a clear change plan for schools with measurable success indicators and a shared understanding of effective teaching and learning.
Using a standards alignment model as a framework for doctoral candidate asses...CPEDInitiative
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The document discusses an illuminative/responsive approach to evaluating an English as a foreign language (EFL) learning support program (LSP) in Greece. It describes a 4-step evaluation process: 1) Preparing stakeholders, 2) Identifying the program setting, 3) Sharing, observing, and seeking feedback, and 4) Reviewing, reflecting, and remedying issues. The evaluation aims to foster autonomous learning and involvement of all stakeholders at each step. It is argued that this participatory, formative approach can help programs improve, build ownership among stakeholders, and make evaluation less opposed in the Greek educational system.
This document provides an overview of a professional development conference session on becoming an effective supervisor. The session goals are to identify principles of inclusive supervision, define the purpose and functions of supervision, and describe the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees. The agenda includes discussing guidance for supervision practice, the supervisor-supervisee relationship, and competencies for supervisors.
The document discusses using authentic learning to develop graduate attributes. It provides an overview of graduate attributes, authentic learning elements, and research conducted at the University of Western Cape on authentic learning. It then presents a case study of a physiotherapy lecturer who uses authentic contexts, tasks, expert performances, coaching/scaffolding, reflection and other elements to develop graduate attributes in her students. The conclusion is that authentic learning effectively develops the skills, values and attributes expected of university graduates by engaging them in real-world tasks with consequences for learning.
Overview Our team has been immersed in ‘whole .docxgertrudebellgrove
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Our team has been immersed in ‘whole system change’ for the past few years
in Ontario, Canada; California; Australia and New Zealand; and elsewhere. Our main
mode of learning is to go from practice to theory, and then back and forth to obtain
more specific insights about how to lead and participate in transformative change in
schools and school systems.
In this workshop we take the best of these insights from our most recent
publications: Stratosphere, The Professional Capital of Teachers, The Principal,
Freedom to Change, and Coherence and integrate the ideas into a single set of
learnings.
The specific objectives for participants are:
1. To learn to take initiative on what we call 'Freedom to Change’.
2. To Understand and be able to use the ‘Coherence Framework’.
3. To analyze your current situation and to identify action strategies fro making
improvements.
4. Overall to gain insights into ‘leadership in a digital age’.
We have organized this session around six modules:
Module I Freedom From Change 1-4
Module II Focusing Direction 5-10
Module III Cultivating Collaborative Cultures 11-14
Module IV Deepening Learning 15-22
Module V Securing Accountability 23-30
Module VI Freedom To Change 31-32
References 33
Please feel free to reproduce and use the
material in this booklet with your staff and others.
2015
Freedom From Change
1
Shifting to
the Right Drivers
Right Wrong
§ Capacity building
§ Collaborative work
§ Pedagogy
§ Systemness
§ Accountability
§ Individual teacher and
leadership quality
§ Technology
§ Fragmented strategies
Freedom:
If you could make one
change in your school or
system what would it be?
What obstacles stand in
your way?
What would you change? What are the obstacles?
Trio Talk:
§ Meet up with two colleagues.
§ Share your choice and rationale.
§ What were the similarities and differences in the choices?
Module 1
2
The Concepts of Freedom § Freedom to is getting rid of the constraints.
§ Freedom from is figuring
out what to do when you
become more liberated.
Seeking Coherence § Within your table read the seven quotes from Coherence and circle
the one you like the best.
§ Go around the table and see who selected which quotes.
§ As a group discuss what ‘coherence’ means.
Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems
Fullan, M., & Quinn, J. ( 2015). Corwin & Ontario Principals’ Council.
# Quote
1. There is only one way to achieve greater coherence, and that is through purposeful action and interaction,
working on capacity, clarity, precision of practice, transparency, monitoring of progress, and continuous
correction. All of this requires the right mixture of “pressure and support”: the press for progress within
supportive and focused cultures. p. 2
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The Future of Evaluation
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1. How are future program evaluations likely to be different from current evaluations in
• the way in which political considerations are handled?
• the approaches that will be used?
• the involvement of stakeholders?
• who conducts them?
2. How is evaluation like some other activities in organizations?
3. How is evaluation viewed differently in other countries?
We have reached the last chapter of this book, but we have only begun to share
what is known about program evaluation. The references we have made to other
writings reflect only a fraction of the existing literature in this growing field. In
choosing to focus attention on (1) alternative approaches to program evaluation,
and (2) practical guidelines for planning, conducting, reporting, and using evalu-
ation studies, we have tried to emphasize what we believe is most important to
include in any single volume that aspires to give a broad overview of such a complex
and multifaceted field. We hope we have selected well, but we encourage students
and evaluation practitioners to go beyond this text to explore the richness and
depth of other evaluation literature. In this final chapter, we share our perceptions
and those of a few of our colleagues about evaluation’s future.
The Future of Evaluation
Hindsight is inevitably better than foresight, and ours is no exception. Yet present
circumstances permit us to hazard a few predictions that we believe will hold true
for program evaluation in the next few decades. History will determine whether
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Predictions Concerning the Profession
of Evaluation
1. Evaluation will become an increasingly useful force in our society. As
noted, evaluation will have increasing impacts on programs, on organizations, and
on society. Many of the movements we have discussed in this text—performance
monitoring, organizational learning, and others—illustrate the increasing interest
in and impact of evaluation in different sectors. Evaluative means of thinking will
improve ways of planning and delivering programs and policies to achieve their
intended effects and, more broadly, improve society.
2. Evaluation will increase in the United States and in other developed
countries as the pressure for accountability weighs heavily on governments and
nonprofit organizations that deliver vital services. The emphasis on accountability
and data-based decision making has increased dramatically in the first decade of
the twenty-first century. Also, virtually every trend points to more, not less, eval-
uation in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in the future. In some organi-
zations, the focus is on documenting outcomes in response to external political
pressures. In other organizations, evaluation is being used for organizational
growth and development, which should, ultimately, improve the achievement of
those outcomes. In each context, however, evaluation is in dema ...
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Bringing out the best in times of uncertainty
1. Georgie Parry-Crooke
Tavistock Institute of Human Relations
September 4 2019
Bringing out the best
in times of uncertainty:
Finding the right hat or hats
for collaborative evaluation roles
2. The relevance of role now
Increased uncertainty
Increased awareness of complexity
Increased pressure to reassure
And possibly
Increased motivation to collaborate?
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4. What is evaluation culture?
Evaluation culture encompasses the behaviours,
values, expectations, attitudes and norms of
our evaluation communities. It
influences evaluators' career paths and
determines the way that evaluation is conducted
and communicated.
Adapted from the Royal Society 2019
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5. Who do we think we are?
Uncertainty of role: do we experience this?
Giving the impression of certainty
Contributing to change
Our values and ‘their’ values
Being useful and effective
What can we do?
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10. Luo, Heng (2010) The Role for an Evaluator: A Fundamental Issue for Evaluation of
Education and Social Programs International Education Studies
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The proper role for an evaluator
Comparative analysis of five theorists’ positions
How understanding of value, methods, use and purposes
result in different roles for evaluators
How these differences affect evaluators’ responsibilities
Proposes a resolution of the evaluator’s role and its
limitations
14. Multiple Personalities
Detective; Designer; Judge;
Honest broker; Creative consultant;
Organizational analyst; Leader;
Devil’s advocate;
Change agent; Counselor; Follower;
Communicator; Mediator; Technical
geek; Diplomat; Negotiator;
Problem solver;
Public relations agent
Adapted from Koskey, K (2019) (and Grubbs, 2009;
Mark, 2002; Patton, 2007; Skolits et al., 2009)
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Pre Evaluation Stage
Detective: Learn about the context
Negotiator: Agree on the parameters of the evaluation
Designer: Develop the evaluation plan
Active Evaluation Stage
Diplomat: Build relationships and trust
Researcher: Implement the plan
Judge: Judge the merit, value, worth
Reporter: Communicate results to stakeholders
Post Evaluation Stage
Advocator: Promote appropriate uses of evaluation findings
Reflector: Engage in self-reflection
Koskey, K. (2019) University of Akron
Skolits, G. et al (2009) Reconceptualizing Evaluator Roles American Journal of
Evaluation Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 275 - 295
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David Fetterman:
I think it is about making evaluation more accessible
to people, demystifying it, and placing it in more
people’s hands. If you have ever watched "un-boxing"
videos on YouTube, you can appreciate both the
anticipation and the sheer joy you see on people's
faces as they open up a box of some new
treasure. This is all part of the un-boxing of evaluation
– watching people's faces as they discover the power
and the beauty of evaluation.
2019 Better Evaluation
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EVALUATOR ROLES in EVALUATION MODELS
Goal-Based Model
Evaluator directs the evaluation process.
Participatory Model
Evaluator guides evaluation process. Evaluator is
facilitator and resource.
Empowerment Model
Team has total authority and resources to evaluate.
Evaluator is empowerment facilitator.
Developmental Model
Evaluator supports teamwork. Ownership is shared
by all. Evaluator is advisor to program team.
CES Essential Skills Series 2007
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co-design the services being delivered
share decision making in relation to the staffing and
other resources for service delivery
co-deliver services as volunteers or as paid workers
take an active part in the evaluation of services, such as
helping design evaluation activities, interviewing or
gathering feedback from other beneficiaries.
Co-production … what is it?
See https://www.scie.org.uk/publications/guides/guide51/what-is-coproduction/defining-
coproduction.asp
20. Co-production … why do it?
Strengths in evaluation:
Sharing responsibility and creativity
Bringing different knowledge together
Challenges in evaluation:
Definitions and boundaries
Resources and skills
Acceptability of the evidence – good enough?
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21. Co-production is a slippery concept and if
it is not clearly defined there is a danger
that its meaning is diluted and its
potential to transform services is reduced.
At the same time, a definition that is too
narrow can stifle creativity and decrease
innovation.
SCIE (2013) Co-production in social care: what it is and how to do it
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Co-production … and/or?
Critical collaboration
- the critical friend in a safe space
Cover-up collaboration
- tokenistic and focused on particular agendas
Trusting collaboration
- need for strong, confident, open-minded
approach that puts others (sector,
organisation) ahead of self-interest
23. The art of the nudge or the ‘nudger’
1. Practicing servant leadership
2. Sensing programme energy
3. Supporting common spaces
4. Untying knots iteratively
5. Paying attention to structure
Langlois, M. et al (2013) The art of the nudge: five practices for development evaluators
The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, Vol.27 No.2 pp 39 - 59
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24. Bringing out the BEST!
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Recognition of power as it’s there and shifts
Pluralistic perspectives needed as no best way
Several/multiple roles but depend on
relationships between evaluator and clients
Reliance on internal commitment
May be only one chance …
25. Trying to wear many hats…
Always consider an element of co-production?
Always checking in with other people?
Always checking in with ourselves?
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26. A certain space in uncertainty?
Can co-production strengthen
evaluations and interventions by
establishing reliable relationships?
Does it open up a more certain space in
which uncertainty can be explored with
and through evaluation evidence?