Evaluative attitude in action: Using the Learn Evaluation Assessment Portal in graduate education
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Evaluation students need a sense of how the expertise they bring and the knowledge and skills they are learning relate to the tasks of evaluation and to their own ongoing professional development. Within the Master of Evaluation and the Graduate Certificate in Evaluation at The University of Melbourne’s Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre (formerly the Centre for Program Evaluation), students use an evaluator competencies self-assessment to inform their coursework and practice across three subjects. In this paper, the authors – the coordinator of the subjects and several students – share practices and examples of how the self-assessment added value for their learning. Discussion of the logistics, ethical requirements, and appropriate use given the limitations of self-assessments provide ideas for integrating self-assessment into the design and delivery evaluation capacity building or formal courses to increase ownership of learning for adults who want to expand their evaluation expertise.
Authors: Amy M Gullickson, Shin Tanabe, Erin R Davis, Jane L Howard, Sarah Gonzalez
Institutions: The University of Melbourne, World Bank
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,200
OpenAlex ID: W4404812126