Curriculum Evaluation

Curriculum Evaluation

1. Evaluation

   • Why Evaluation?
     • Determine quality of a program
     • Outcomes achievement
     • Choose an approach or procedure
   • What is it?
     • Systematic Gathering and analysis
       • Relevant Information
         • Decision-making

2. Dimensions

   • Purpose
     • Why? What kind of decisions?
   • Focus
     • What curricular elements?
   • Participants
     • Who will be invovled and why?
   • Approaches
     • How will the evaluation be conducted? What kind of data can we use?
   • Instruments
     • What procedures will be used to elicit information?

3. Approaches

   • Product-Oriented
     • It Focuses on the evalation is on the goals and objectives
     • Purpose: Determining whether outcomes have been achieved
     • Evaluation is directed at measuring goals attainment.
   • Process-Oriented
     • Assessment procedures could also be used to facilitate change and improvement of the curriculum
     • It focuses on the product, and also on learning and teaching process.

4. Evaluations

   • Formative vs Summative
     • Formative
       • Implemented during the program of curriculum
         • Purpose: Program improvement
     • Summative
       • Is conducted at the end. The program is completed.
         • Purpose: Measuring the success and efficiency of the program
   • Qualitative vs Quantitative
     • Qualitative
       • Numerical data
         • Statistics and percentages
     • Quantitative
       • Observations that become to be numbers and statistics.
   • Descriptive vs Reflective
     • Descriptive
       • It is a data-collection in order to do a decision.
     • Reflective
       • It is concerned with knowledge building, with understanding and exploration.

5. Evaluating the Evaluation

   • Scope
     • Is the information is complete and relevant?
   • Audience
     • Does the information serve the needs of the audience?
   • Reliability and objectivity
     • Consistent? Unbiased?
   • Timelines
     • Is the time framework appropriate?
   • Ethical considerations
     • Confidentiality, professionalism.

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