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Edmonstone, John – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2015
The paper examines the benefits claimed for action learning at individual, organisational and inter-organisational levels. It goes on to identify both generic difficulties in evaluating development programmes and action learning specifically. The distinction between formative and summative evaluation is considered and a summative evaluation…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Adult Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Landhäusser, Sandra; Faas, Stefan; Treptow, Rainer – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2014
Against the background of a European-wide strategy of governance aimed at improving support for parents and families, the following report details the conceptualization and evaluation of a federal state program in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) which was launched in 2008 to encourage family and parent education. Two program components, a voucher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Family Programs, Federal Programs
Creanor, Linda – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
Distributive leadership, which has been described as a distribution of power within the sociocultural context of universities, provides a valuable model for encouraging scholarship and innovation in learning and teaching. By nurturing, rather than imposing, leadership responsibilities, and relating them to personal, as well as institutional…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Scholarship, Case Studies, Instructional Innovation
Piggot-Irvine, Eileen – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
This article outlines an attempt at realizing mutuality between evaluation and action science in feedback within an aspiring principal leadership development programme in New Zealand. The evaluation was specifically designed to overcome the formative-summative divide through ongoing, often immediate, dialogue using an action science approach. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Administrator Education
Saks, Alan M.; Burke, Lisa A. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between training evaluation and the transfer of training in organizations. We hypothesized that training evaluation frequency will be related to higher rates of transfer because evaluation information can identify weaknesses that lead to improvements in training programs and create…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transfer of Training, Evaluation Criteria, Professional Associations
Struyk, Raymond J.; Damon, Mawadda; Haddaway, Samuel R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
The international community has identified a positive link between good governance and economic development. There is an increasing appreciation of the effective role that local policy research organizations (PROs) can play in providing evidence-based policy recommendations as the basis for sound legislation and in assessing the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Mentors, Program Evaluation, Construction Programs
Acevedo, Jose M.; Yancey, George B. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the importance of new employee orientation (NEO) programs, the quality of typical NEOs, and how to improve NEOs. Design/methodology/approach: The paper provides a viewpoint of the importance of new employee orientation programs, the quality of typical NEOs, and how to improve NEOs. Findings: Although western…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Staff Orientation, Program Improvement, Educational Quality
Evidence-Based Practice in Group Care: The Effects of Policy, Research, and Organizational Practices
Stuart, Carol; Sanders, Larry; Gurevich, Maria; Fulton, Robert – Child Welfare, 2011
This article describes the effect of a province-wide vision of evidence-based and outcome-based services for children and youth and the challenges of implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) and evidence-based treatment (EBT) approaches within group care settings. The paper is based on the results of a survey of group care settings in the…
Descriptors: Evidence, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries, Public Policy
Slater, Beverley L.; Lawton, Rebecca; Armitage, Gerry; Bibby, John; Wright, John – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Despite an explosion of interest in improving safety and reducing error in health care, one important aspect of patient safety that has received little attention is a systematic approach to education and training for the whole health care workforce. This article describes an evaluation of an innovative multiprofessional, team-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Safety, Improvement Programs, Interprofessional Relationship
Baizerman, Michael; Compton, Donald W. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2009
Here the essentials of the expertise of managing are presented as orientation toward (ethos, stance, and gaze), knowledge about, and knowledge how-to ("know-how"). These are grounded to specific content, summarized, and then connected to a typology of managing evaluation. The orienting questions for the field are reviewed to reveal what it means…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Career Development, Program Evaluation, Organizational Theories
Craver, Gerald A.; Burkett, Amy K. – Qualitative Report, 2012
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) perform an important role in the long-term care system because they provide the majority of paid care to nursing facility residents. Unfortunately, annual CNA turnover often exceeds 100 percent nationally. Many factors account for this, including stressful working conditions, low pay, and limited benefits. The…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Medical Services, Improvement Programs, Focus Groups
Sentocnik, Sonja; Rupar, Brigita – European Education, 2009
Current educational literature suggests that distributing leadership in schools can facilitate individual and organizational development. While many state agencies in the United States and Europe are encouraging schools to reshape their leadership practice to distribute responsibilities for leadership tasks across roles, empirical research on how…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Instructional Leadership
Nistor, Nicolae; Dehne, Anina; Drews, Frank Thomas – Studies in Continuing Education, 2010
In search of methods that improve the efficiency of teaching and training in organizations, several authors point out that mass customization (MC) is a principle that covers individual needs of knowledge and skills and, at the same time limits the development costs of customized training to those of mass training. MC is proven and established in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Continuing Education, Efficiency
Badurdeen, Fazleena; Marksberry, Philip; Hall, Arlie; Gregory, Bob – Simulation & Gaming, 2010
Problem-based learning focuses on small groups using authentic problems as a means to help participants obtain knowledge and problem-solving skills. This approach makes problem-based learning ideal for teaching lean manufacturing, which is driven by a culture of problem solving that values learning as one key output of manufacturing production.…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Literature Reviews
Killion, Joellen; Roy, Patricia – National Staff Development Council, 2009
From setting the stage to engaging the community in understanding the purpose of collaborative professional learning teams, this volume covers what leaders need to know to implement more effective professional learning. Chapters focus on changing school culture, scheduling time, planning, using data, designs for professional learning, facilitating…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, School Culture, Central Office Administrators, Time Management
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