EDLM 523- Program Evaluation in Education (3)

Syllabus for August- January 2022/ 2023

MEd in Leadership and Management

Course facilitator: Ms. Ramila Subedi

Course Plan

This course is designed to provide an exposure in theoretical as well as practical aspects

of program evaluation in educational setting. It basically focuses on evaluation process, methods

and techniques useful in evaluating educational programs and services. This course provides a

conceptual understanding of program evaluation with perspectives and approaches to evaluation,

skills for developing evaluation tools and techniques and approaches for using these tools and

techniques in evaluating educational programs. Further, it provides an opportunity of developing

culture specific and participatory evaluation schemes for educational programs and services as

well. In addition to providing knowledge and skills for developing and implementing program

evaluation activities, this course presents skills of planning and managing for program evaluation

activities in an educational institution.

Major activities of the course include independent writing, classroom discussion, peer

review, presentation, library study and field visits. Assessment of learners will be made on the

basis of their reflective, critical and constructive participation in the aforementioned activities,

thereby contributing to the successful completion of the course.

 Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the course are as follows:

 Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of educational program/s, program

evaluation and identify various perspectives and approaches to evaluation,

 Establish linkages between programme/project plans and evaluation plan/activities,

 Develop evaluation criteria and tools for evaluating specific educational programmes,

 Identify strategies for making evaluation process participatory and culture and context

friendly,

 Plan and execute small scale evaluation in education, and

 Undertake a critical review of an evaluation of programme.

 Course Plan for a Semester

Week Course content Assignments/Class works

Induction Session: Course overview,
Assessment Design, Session rules and
responsibilities

1- 5
Unit I: Program Evaluation in # Class Activities
Educational Setting: Conceptualization
 Reflection upon the concept of
*Educational Program: Reflection program, educational program and its
basic characteristics
 Program  Brainstorming: Different Educational
 Educational Program/s Programs that are being run in Nepal
 Basic Characteristics of  Reading and critical thinking to
Educational Program/s critically examine the concept of
 Different Educational program evaluation in education
Programs in the context of  Presentation by the learner/s followed
Nepal by comments and discussion
*Concept of Program Monitoring and # Assignment 1
Evaluation Reflect upon an educational program that you
are familiar with (in about 300 words)
 Meaning of Program Monitoring
& Evaluation
 Purpose of conducting monitoring # Assignment 2: Peer Work
and evaluation
 Educational Evaluation and Engagement in the Field (What do people say
Research about evaluation in educational setting?)
 Significance of Evaluation in
# Assignment 3: Reflective Journal
Educational Setting
*Typologies of Program Evaluation and Reflection on the conference/ webinar on
Implication and Application of Program
Program Evaluation Cycle
Evaluation in the Educational Setting of
Nepal
 Methodological Preferences and
Approaches in Evaluation
 Baseline, Midline and Endline
Evaluation
 Program Evaluation Cycle
 Principles and Ethics of
Evaluation
*Implication and Application of Program
Evaluation: Practices from Educational
 Setting of Nepal
 Practicing the concept of program
monitoring and evaluation: What
and How?
Evaluation Approach, Methods and
6- 7
Tools
*Standards of Effective Evaluation, Steps
and Approaches
 The CIPP Model in program
evaluation
 The OECD- DAC Model of
Program Evaluation
*Methods and Tools used in Program
Evaluation (Conceptualization & Practice)
8-9 Planning for Program Evaluation
*Identifying the evaluation need &
analyzing stakeholders
*Working on M& E Plan
WEEK 10: MID SEMESTER ASSESSMENT
Working with the Evaluation Process
11- 13 # Class Activities
*Entering into the Field (What to collect
and how?)
*Engagement in the Field
*Sharing the Collected Data
14- 16 Drafting M&E Report, Its
Dissemination and Use
*Components of M& E Report
# Class Activities
 Brainstorming, presentation and
discussion
 Reading and meaning making
 Conceptualizing the methods and tools
used in evaluation we intend to
undertake
 Preparation of tools for making
educational evaluation
# Class Activities
 Brainstorming, presentation and
discussion
 Stakeholder Mapping
 Preparing M& E Plan
# Assignment 4 (Group Work)
Revisiting the field to work on need of
educational evaluation, and to identify the
stakeholders
 Brainstorming, presentation and
discussion (Collecting & sharing data
based on CIPP Model)
# Assignment 5 (Group Work)
• Engagement in field to collect data
based on CIPP Model
# Class Activities
 Presentation and Discussion
(Components of M& E report &
drafting it)
 Sharing of M& E report via seminar
 *Drafting M& E Report
*Disseminating M&E Report
*Reflection upon the process of
evaluation and its use
# Assignment 7 (Drafting M& E Report-
Group Work)
• Engagement in field to collect data
based on CIPP Model
# Assignment 6 (Reflective Task-
Individual Work)
 My stance as M&E practitioner and
its prospect

Evaluation

Evaluation Criteria Weightage

Internal Attendance & Participation 50%

Assignments

Presentation (Individual & Group)

External 50%

RECOMMENDED READING MATERIALS

Hunter, J. (2009). Monitoring and Evaluation: Are we making a difference? Retrieved from:

https://www.nid.org.na/pdf/publications/MEinsidelr.pdf

Lloyd, E. (2010). Monitoring & evaluation: Concepts and key definitions.

https://capacity_workshop.educan.org/sites/capacity_workshop.educan.org/files/M

%20an%20E%20Concepts%20and%20Key%20Definitions.pdf

Perrin, B. (2012). Linking monitoring and evaluation to impact evaluation.

https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Linking%20Monitoring%20and

%20Evaluation%20to%20Impact%20Evaluation.pdf
Poyck, M. C., Koirala, B. N., Aryal, P. N. & Sharma, N. K. (2016). Joint evaluation of Nepal’s

school sector reform project.

https://moe.gov.np/assets/uploads/files/Joint_evaluation_of_the_School_Sector_Refor

m_Programme_2009-16_final_report.pdf

World Health Organization (2013). WHO evaluation practice handbook.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/96311/9789241548687_eng.pdf;jsessio

nid=F31C87DB8999182306D90775942BF744?sequence=1

Worthen, B. R., & Sanders, J. R. (1988). Educational evaluation: Alternative approaches and

practical guidelines. New York: Longman Publishing Co.