A Co-Learning Model for Community-Engaged Program Evaluation

Suiter, Sarah V.; Thurber, Amie; Sullivan, Clare

doi:10.1353/cpr.2016.0063

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“…Experiential learning is established in evaluation education as providing learners with an introduction to evaluation and an opportunity to apply evaluation knowledge (LaVelle et al., 2020). Each experiential opportunity is unique and may integrate concepts from numerous pedagogies (e.g., case study, peer‐learning, simulation, service learning) to create an influential learning environment (Boyce & McGowan, 2019; Suiter et al., 2016). Experiential learning can encourage and provide feedback on numerous student outcomes, including developing disciplinary competencies, hands‐on experience, and heightened career awareness (Gullickson et al., 2019; LaVelle et al., 2020).…”

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Learning by linking the Canadian Evaluation Society's student case competition within a graduate evaluation course

Worthington

Stasel

Carbone

et al. 2023

New Drctns Evaluation

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There are many ways to intertwine theoretical and applied learning to nurture the competencies required to conduct evaluation. Experiential learning opportunities remain a priority for many evaluation educators who are helping learners apply foundational skills and knowledge to practice. Evaluators develop their professional expertise in diverse venues, including through experience, through professional learning, or, as we highlight in this chapter, in graduate school. Incorporating experiential learning from a professional association into a formal graduate course requires a willingness to blend university course expectations and activities with collaborative learning experiences. Using reflective dialogue and poetry enacted through dialogic analysis and reflection, we examine enduring perceptions and learning activated from student participation in the Canadian Evaluation Society's national evaluation case competition as part of evaluation education situated within a formal university graduate course. Weaving five voices representing learners, case study coach, and course instructor, we discuss how the evaluation competition was used to deepen understanding and develop evaluator competencies.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning by linking the Canadian Evaluation Society's student case competition within a graduate evaluation course

Worthington

Stasel

Carbone

et al. 2023

New Drctns Evaluation

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HEIs, Minority Communities and Enterprising Behaviour

O’Brien

Cooney

2021

The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship

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Evaluation Capacity Building Through Community-University Partnership

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Morgan,

Eccleston

2024

American Journal of Evaluation

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Evaluation is essential to achieving program outcomes, especially when stakeholders engage with evaluation and make use of the findings. Both of these activities require evaluation capacity that might not be present in community-based organizations. In this paper, we describe how community-university partnership models can support evaluation capacity building (ECB). The basic framework for our ECB initiative was a semester-long, master's-level university course in which 5–6 community partners worked with small groups of 3–4 students to design an evaluation plan. We used mixed-methods to assess (1) if organizations implemented the evaluation plans developed in the course; (2) how organizations used the findings; and (3) what evaluation skills participants continued to use after the course ended. We found that organizations that implemented their evaluation plans gained intended outcomes of ECB, such as improving practice and communicating with stakeholders. These results suggest that community-university partnerships for developing ECB can be effective.

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A Co-Learning Model for Community-Engaged Program Evaluation

Abstract: This program evaluation course provides an innovative, effective, flexible, and replicable partnership practice model that builds student skills and community capacity in evaluation research.

Cited by 3 publications

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Learning by linking the Canadian Evaluation Society's student case competition within a graduate evaluation course

Learning by linking the Canadian Evaluation Society's student case competition within a graduate evaluation course

HEIs, Minority Communities and Enterprising Behaviour

Evaluation Capacity Building Through Community-University Partnership

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