UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES

Department of Education

Program M. Phil Educational Leadership & Management

Specialization area: QA in Higher Education / Pre-Req QA in Education
Course Title Program Evaluation, Research, and Planning
Course Code ED 631
Semester Fall 2018
Credit Hours 3
Class day and Time Saturday 11:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Duration 15 weeks
Course Instructor Dr. Seema Arif
Contact Details Phone: Off: 042 35212801-3539
Email: seema.arif@umt.edu.pk

Course Description:

Educators differ among themselves as to both the essence and worth of an educational
program. The value they put on education does not reveal their way of evaluating education.
The wide range of evaluation purposes and methods allows each to keep personal
perspective. Few see their own programs "in the round", partly because of a parochial
approach to evaluation. To understand better one’s own teaching and to contribute more to the
science of teaching, each educator should examine the full countenance of evaluation. This
course introduces the participants with a systematic approach to program evaluation and its
practices in higher education. This course has strong ambitions to communicate the technical
knowledge and collective experiences of practicing evaluators to those who might consider
engaging in evaluation and to those who need to know what evaluation is all about. The
course content covers international as well as national perspectives about evaluation, its
processes and techniques using QM methodologies.

Learning outcomes:

After studying this course the participants will be able to:

1. Understand the aim and purpose of program evaluation, making meaning of why and
how do evaluation purposes and procedures vary
2. Realize the scope of evaluation acts, the data sources, the congruence and
contingencies, the standards, and the uses of evaluation and create relevance with
their own organizational culture.
3. Make a marked distinction between description and judgment in evaluation.
4. Recognize are the basic characteristics of evaluation activities and apply them
accordingly.
5. Make appropriate use of strategic management techniques while undergoing process
of evaluation
 6. Make a research plan for program evaluation and seek its implementation (whatever is
possible in a limited time frame)

Grade Evaluation Criteria

 Following is the criteria for the distribution of marks to evaluate final grade in a
semester.
 Marks Evaluation Marks in percentage

 Quizzes 10
 Assignments 10
 Mid Term 25
 Attendance & Class Participation 05
 Term Project 10
 Presentations 10
 Final exam 30

*Review of only research articles will be accepted for grading. No duplication of

article is expected, and the articles must address the topics covered in course outline
or educational leadership domain.

Evaluation of participants’ performance:

Relative grading as per policy of the UMT.

University regulations:
Policies related to excused absences, cheating/ plagiarism, withdrawal and other related
issues can be found in Participants Handbooks located at:
http://www.umt.edu.pk/offices/registrar/Participants/Handbook.html. As student and faculty
at the University of Management and technology, we are all responsible for adhering to these
policies.
Attendance, Participation and Late Assignments:
All participants are expected to be regular and punctual. In case a participant is absent in six
classes, she/ he will get an ‘F’. Overall, 80 percent attendance is compulsory.

Participation is an important part of this course. You must be an active learner because you
will need to adapt what you are learning to your own teaching:
 Preparing for class by completing reading and writing assignments
 Remaining alert, attentive, and respectful during discussions and activities (e.g.
reading irrelevant materials, text-messaging, or sleeping are not appropriate)
 Respecting others and other’s opinions
 Avoiding offensive language
  Displaying a positive attitude

Guidance-Counseling Services:
Participants are free to discuss the progress of their course during scheduled counseling
hours. These hours will be communicated after commencement of introductory session.
However, participants are allowed to use other channels of communications like email, and
telephone both land and cellular.

Written submissions:
To receive a grade, each submitted assignment must be typed in a twelve-point font size. At
the top front page of each assignment, please identify the name of the course, assignment,
date of submission and your name or the names of the each of the group members.

Grammar and spelling:

Grammar and spelling are as important as the mechanics of writing in all assignments. It is
critical that spell check is used in all word-processed documents and that your work is edited
for correctness. Grammar and spelling will be part of the evaluation of your assignments.

Withdrawal:
Participation in this course indicates your acceptance of its teaching focus, requirements, and
policies. However, if you believe that the nature of this course does not meet your interests,
needs or expectations, if you are not prepared for the amount of work involved or if you
anticipate that the class meetings, assignments deadlines or abiding by the course policies
will constitute an unacceptable hardship for you. In such case you should drop the class by
the drop-add deadline.

My Expectations:

“I am very optimistic that you will use your existing talent, skills, capabilities,
thinking, intelligence, and creativity to tackle challenges, opportunities, tension,
conflicts, and stress built-in the course”.

 Decision making

 Communication interpersonal skills

 Personality and temperament

 Team building as an art of leadership

Reference Books:

Raouf, R.A., Ahmad, N. & Awan, M. U. (Eds) (2011). Higher Education Quality: Assurance
& Assessment. Lahore: University of Punjab Press.

Rossi, P.H., Howard, E. F. & Lipsey, M.W. (2004). Evaluation a Systematic Approach (7th
ed.). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.

Martin Cave, M., Hanney, S., Henkel, M. and Kogan, M. (1997). The Use of Performance
Indicators in Higher Education: The Challenge of the Quality Movement (3rd ed). London:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Link to Google Books:

https://books.google.com.pk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fNlVwMJLK4wC&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&ots=XZpIFTK2En

Journals

1. Quality in Higher Education

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cqhe20/current
2. Studies in Higher Education
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cshe20
3. Quality Assurance in Education
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/qae
4. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ctqm20
5. International journal of leadership in education
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ted120/current#.UkIN_hDMgI8
6. Journal of Higher education Policy & Management
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjhe20/current#.UkIXJRDMgI8
 UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
School of Social Sciences & Humanities
Department of Education

Course Outline

Week Topic/ Activity

1 Evaluation as Systematic Approach 27/02
2 Context of Evaluation in higher education
3 Strategic Management
4 Strategic Planning & Swot
5 performance Indicators in Higher education
6 Quality Journey
7 Planning Research in Program Evaluation
8 Institutional Quality Mechanism (Internal)
9 Comparison of Evaluation Process across the Globe
10 Student Presentations of Article Review
11 Accreditation:
12 Rankings and HEC guidelines
13 NACTE Manual
14 Project Presentations
15 Project Presentations

Note:
1. Course material will be available on Learning Management System (LMS)
2. End term examination will be held on date being notified by the controller of
examination
3. All books recommended for this course are available in library