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RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
* action research
* measuring impact
* monitoring performance (process)
* measurement of anticipated and unanticipated learning (outcomes)
* quantitative and qualitative methodologies
* large- and small-scale surveys
* base- and end-line surveys
* face-to-face, telephone or questionnaire surveys
* structured or semi-structured interviews
* formative and summative evaluations
* focus groups and group interviews
* desk or literature searches
Some recent initiatives:
* Development Education Association (DEA) Measuring Effectiveness in Development Education Project (1999-2001)
*A Department for International Development (DFID) funded initiative looking at how non-government organisations
(NGOs) can measure, impact, performance and (organisational and target group) learning. Resulted in the production of staff development materials, for MEDE publications see: www.dea.org.uk/info/projects.html
and, for the web-based user's guide see: www.dea.org.uk/info/projects/effectiveness
* UNICEF UK Citizenship Education Monitoring Project (1999 - 2004)
Involves large- and small-scale citizenship education curriculum monitoring across UK schools. Two publications have
resulted so far and can be downloaded from the UNICEF UK website www.unicef.org.uk/education/index.html:
*Citizenship in Schools: A baseline survey of curriculum & practice in sample English, Welsh & Northern Irish Education
Authoritiees in Spring 2000
*Citizenship in 400 Schools: A baseline survey of curriculum & practice amongst 400 English, Welsh, Northern Irish and
Scottish Schools in summer 2000.
Forthcoming and also likely to be downloadable from the UNICEF website:
Work in Progress:
Interviews with teachers & pupils in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Development Education Planning Evaluation and Resource (DEPER) Consultancy (2000 - 2002)
Worked with large and small NGOs to help plan the management, monitoring and evaluation of their work.
Editor, DEA Evaluation Handbook
A planning, monitoring and evaluation toolkit for DEA management consultants, written by Bob Kirby and Katies Newell-
Jones, anticipated publication date 2002. |
