Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Academic Development

Author : Lorraine Stefani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 0203847938

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How can Academic Developers provide evidence of the effectiveness and ‘added value’ of their work to the key stakeholders within their institutions? Written for Academic Developers, academic administrators and others responsible for promoting organizational change, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is a professional guide that shares best practice advice and provides developers with useful frameworks for effective evaluation and monitoring of their work. Through case studies and up-to-date examples from experts in the field, this collection explores the nuances of evaluative practice and the tensions inherent in claiming a causal link between academic development and organizational transformation. As higher education institutions continue to seek effective ways to determine the impact of academic development on organizational transformation in general and student learning in particular, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is sure to be an invaluable resource.

Author : Lorraine Stefani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136944758

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development by Lorraine Stefani Pdf

How can Academic Developers provide evidence of the effectiveness and ‘added value’ of their work to the key stakeholders within their institutions? Written for Academic Developers, academic administrators and others responsible for promoting organizational change, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is a professional guide that shares best practice advice and provides developers with useful frameworks for effective evaluation and monitoring of their work. Through case studies and up-to-date examples from experts in the field, this collection explores the nuances of evaluative practice and the tensions inherent in claiming a causal link between academic development and organizational transformation. As higher education institutions continue to seek effective ways to determine the impact of academic development on organizational transformation in general and student learning in particular, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is sure to be an invaluable resource.

Author : Thomas R. Guskey
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761975616

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Evaluating Professional Development by Thomas R. Guskey Pdf

Explains how to better evaluate professional development in order to ensure that it increases student learning, providing questions for accurate measurement of professional development and showing how to demonstrate results and accountability.

Author : Bob Thackwray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135364779

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The Effective Evaluation of Training and Development in Higher Education by Bob Thackwray Pdf

This text puts forward the argument that higher education must develop better and more consistent practices with regards to the evaluation of training and development. Most evaluations are valueless unless they start by clarifying the puropse they are intended to serve, and this usually means clarifying whose puropses are being served. This text provides a guide to best practices and uses examples and case studies from both the UK and abroad to show the benefits that can be gained from using evaluation effectively.

Author : Ranald Macdonald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135727536

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Academic and Educational Development by Ranald Macdonald Pdf

Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachers. With much emphasis on change, innovation and developing best practice in higher education, it is essential that those involved in actually developing, researching or implementing approaches to teaching, learning or management, are informed by the experiences of others. The emphasis of this book is on changing practice in HE; how developments come about; what research underpins desirable development; and the impact of development of student learning, staff expertise and institutional practice and policy. Specifically, the book is developed in two themed parts: Part A, Supporting change within subjects and departments. Part B, Supporting change within institutions and the wider environment.

Author : Ranald Macdonald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135727529

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Academic and Educational Development by Ranald Macdonald Pdf

Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachers. With much emphasis on change, innovation and developing best practice in higher education, it is essential that those involved in actually developing, researching or implementing approaches to teaching, learning or management, are informed by the experiences of others. The emphasis of this book is on changing practice in HE; how developments come about; what research underpins desirable development; and the impact of development of student learning, staff expertise and institutional practice and policy. Specifically, the book is developed in two themed parts: Part A, Supporting change within subjects and departments. Part B, Supporting change within institutions and the wider environment.

Author : Bob Thackwray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135364700

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The Effective Evaluation of Training and Development in Higher Education by Bob Thackwray Pdf

This text puts forward the argument that higher education must develop better and more consistent practices with regards to the evaluation of training and development. Most evaluations are valueless unless they start by clarifying the puropse they are intended to serve, and this usually means clarifying whose puropses are being served. This text provides a guide to best practices and uses examples and case studies from both the UK and abroad to show the benefits that can be gained from using evaluation effectively.

Author : William Condon,Ellen R. Iverson,Cathryn A. Manduca,Carol Rutz,Gudrun Willett
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780253018861

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Faculty Development and Student Learning by William Condon,Ellen R. Iverson,Cathryn A. Manduca,Carol Rutz,Gudrun Willett Pdf

Colleges and universities across the US have created special initiatives to promote faculty development, but to date there has been little research to determine whether such programs have an impact on students' learning. Faculty Development and Student Learning reports the results of a multi-year study undertaken by faculty at Carleton College and Washington State University to assess how students’ learning is affected by faculty members’ efforts to become better teachers. Extending recent research in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to assessment of faculty development and its effectiveness, the authors show that faculty participation in professional development activities positively affects classroom pedagogy, student learning, and the overall culture of teaching and learning in a college or university.

Author : Jeffrey W. Alstete,Nicholas J. Beutell,John P. Meyer
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787563902

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Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact by Jeffrey W. Alstete,Nicholas J. Beutell,John P. Meyer Pdf

This book probes the dynamics of academic research and scholarship evaluation. Readers will learn about scholarly metric evolution, impact factors, disruptive technologies, and a myriad of forces affecting policy development at institutions through an examination of widely-used measurements and growing concerns about their influence.

Author : Charles Finley,Richard I. Miller,Candace S. Vancko
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313001291

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Evaluating, Improving, and Judging Faculty Performance in Two-Year Colleges by Charles Finley,Richard I. Miller,Candace S. Vancko Pdf

With nearly 48 percent of all U.S. undergraduates attending community and technical colleges, the two-year sector is an integral part of our nation's higher education system and a vital part of our nation's future. The need for effective faculty evaluation and professional development within two-year colleges stems partly from the size of this sector and also from the diversity of its program offerings and its student body. Miller and his co-authors bring timely, authoritative, and practical material to two audiences in this rapidly growing field of education: first, teachers who have permanent appointments but could use professional development and improvement; and, second, the already large and still growing number of part-time instructors who could use more evaluating and improving. This book is intended to be a direct assistance for these groups as well as to administrators who must make personal decisions. This professional book is for human resource managers and staff development officers of two-year colleges. A greater emphasis needs to be placed on human resource management, according to Miller and his co-authors, that will result in better personnel decision making.

Author : United States. Federal Interagency Committee on Education. Subcommittee on Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015020161678

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Federal Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation Efforts by United States. Federal Interagency Committee on Education. Subcommittee on Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation Pdf

Author : United States. Federal Interagency Committee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105216529664

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Federal Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation Efforts by United States. Federal Interagency Committee on Education Pdf

Author : Thomas R. Guskey
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761975618

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Evaluating Professional Development by Thomas R. Guskey Pdf

Explains how to better evaluate professional development in order to ensure that it increases student learning, providing questions for accurate measurement of professional development and showing how to demonstrate results and accountability.

Author : Michael Crossley,Andrew Herriot,Judith Waudo,Miriam Mwirotsi,Keith Holmes,Magdallen Juma
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781873927205

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Research and Evaluation for Educational Development by Michael Crossley,Andrew Herriot,Judith Waudo,Miriam Mwirotsi,Keith Holmes,Magdallen Juma Pdf

This book provides a reflective and historically situated analysis of the Kenyan Primary School Management Project (PRISM). This is carried out in the light of a broader international review of the theoretical and methodological literature relating to the role, and potential, of research and evaluation in the process of educational development. The case study of PRISM pays particular attention to the part played by collaborative and participatory research and evaluation in project development and implementation. The book is designed to be read on two main levels. Firstly, it provides a detailed, critical and empirically informed record of the Kenyan PRISM initiative. Secondly, the broader analysis explores implications for changing modalities of international development co-operation; for research and evaluation capacity building; for methodological and theoretical dimensions of development processes; and for the importance of comparative insights in understanding the processes and dilemmas of the international transfer of theories, policies and practices.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, Rewarding, and Developing Excellence in Teaching of Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309072779

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Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, Rewarding, and Developing Excellence in Teaching of Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Pdf

Economic, academic, and social forces are causing undergraduate schools to start a fresh examination of teaching effectiveness. Administrators face the complex task of developing equitable, predictable ways to evaluate, encourage, and reward good teaching in science, math, engineering, and technology. Evaluating, and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics offers a vision for systematic evaluation of teaching practices and academic programs, with recommendations to the various stakeholders in higher education about how to achieve change. What is good undergraduate teaching? This book discusses how to evaluate undergraduate teaching of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and what characterizes effective teaching in these fields. Why has it been difficult for colleges and universities to address the question of teaching effectiveness? The committee explores the implications of differences between the research and teaching cultures-and how practices in rewarding researchers could be transferred to the teaching enterprise. How should administrators approach the evaluation of individual faculty members? And how should evaluation results be used? The committee discusses methodologies, offers practical guidelines, and points out pitfalls. Evaluating, and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics provides a blueprint for institutions ready to build effective evaluation programs for teaching in science fields.