Developing Evaluation Capacity

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

170 hours

It is recommended that students have completed either EDUC90713 Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches or EDUC90850 Foundations of Evaluation before undertaking this subject.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject is based on a growing trend of sectors and organisations asking evaluators to build and develop their capacity in evaluation thinking and practice.

This subject will explore the fundamentals of evaluation capacity building, the concept of developing evaluation capacity with individuals, teams and organisations and how to apply these concepts in practice.

On completion of this subject it is expected that students should be able to:

• identify targets for evaluation capacity development
• describe evaluation capacity building frameworks and models
• reflect on the role of an evaluator in evaluation capacity building
• apply evaluation practices to evaluation capacity building interventions
• demonstrate instructional strategies for use in evaluation capacity building
• design strategies for evaluation capacity building interventions

• 2-3 exercises on subject content, ongoing (20%)
• 2-3 case reflections, ongoing (20%)
• written task of 2250 words, end of subject, (45%)
• 3 forum participation tasks, ongoing (15%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.