Description

Overview:

This course covers techniques for and critical thinking about the evaluation of changes in educational practices and policies in schools, organizations, and informal contexts. Topics include quantitative and qualitative methods for design and analysis, participatory design of practices and policies, institutional learning, the wider reception or discounting of evaluations, and selected case studies, including those arising from semester-long student projects.

Subject:

Education

Level:

Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division, Graduate / Professional

Material Type:

Case Study, Full Course, Syllabus

Author:

Ph.D., Professor Peter Taylor

Provider:

UMass Boston

Provider Set:

UMass Boston OpenCourseWare

Date Added:

02/16/2011