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Postgraduate Course: Evaluation in Context (EDUA11198)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryMany of the general techniques used in evaluation come from the applied social sciences and can be learnt by students in the normal course of education in those fields. However, there is a logic of evaluation that has been developed for and applies only to evaluation, and there are field specific methodologies that must be mastered in order to deal with evaluation in different fields. This course focuses on the general logic and specific evaluation approaches applicable to specific professional fields.

The course will afford students an opportunity to interrogate evaluation policy and practice within their own professional fields, and to conceptualise, design, plan and, where possible, to implement an evaluation. Located within the MSc Management of Training & Development, it will be available as an option within a number of the School's current and planned Masters Degree programmes and may also be of interest and relevance to students in other Schools.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course students will be able to:

LO1 Distinguish evaluation from other types of research and investigation.
LO2 Describe and compare the different approaches to and models of evaluation.
LO3 Identify, and explain why, certain approaches to evaluation have particular applicability within their professional field/s.
LO4 Design and plan an evaluation, explaining the processes involved and choices made as to design and methods, etc.
LO5 Employ good evaluation management techniques that display an awareness of current trends in evaluation within specific fields.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements TBC
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Peter Evans
Tel: (0131 6)51 6345
Email: peter.evans@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary
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