Practice of Evaluation

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170

Students who successfully engage in this subject are familiar with (i) evaluation fundamentals, including its basic theory, nature and purposes, language, and logic; and (ii) research fundamentals as they apply in evaluation. Completing EDUC90850 Foundations of Evaluation and EDUC90848 Applied Research for Evaluation or EDUC90713 Program Evaluation: Forms and Approaches before or concurrently with this subject is recommended.

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This subject focuses on connecting theory to evaluation practice. Topics include: evaluation-specific tools and methods; planning, conducting and managing evaluations; stakeholder engagement strategies; and evaluation reporting.

• Apply evaluation theory to planning an evaluation

• Develop and justify an evaluation design

• Assess quality in evaluation practice

• Major assessment (2000 words) due in week 8 (40%)
• Minor assessment (1500 words) due in week 4 (30%)
• Exercises (3-8) (1500 words) ongoing (30%)

Davidson, E. (2005) Evaluation methodology basics: The nuts and bolts of sound evaluation / E. Jane Davidson. Thousand Oaks Calif; London: Sage Publications

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.