COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EPÖ 5030 THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Curriculum and Instruction

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET MURAT ELLEZ

Offered to

Curriculum and Instruction

Course Objective

At the end of the course the students will be able to plan and apply the process of data collection and data analysis and reporting.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to use the terms related the program evaluation properly
2   Students will be able to comprehend the rationales of the a program evaluation
3   Students will be able to determine the best evaluation model a program
4   Students will be able to prepare the most proper research design
5   Students will be able to follow the steps of the determined program evaluation model
6   Students will be able to write the evaluation report which is objective, in detailed, and informative for the managers and participants of the program
7   Students will be able to avoid ethical issues for program evaluation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Individual Course Description of the Lesson
2 Basic Terms
3 Ethical Issues for Program Evaluation
4 Rationalize the Program Evaluation
5 Determining the Evaluation Model for a Program
6 Determining the Evaluation Model for a Program
7 Planning the Program Evaluation
8 Mid-term exam
9 Planning the Program Evaluation
10 Planning the Program Evaluation
11 Collecting the Data for Program Evaluation
12 Collecting the Data for Program Evaluation
13 Analyzing the Data for Program Evaluation
14 Writing the Program Evaluation Report
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ertürk, S. (1979). Eğitimde program geliştirme. Ankara: Meteksan Yayınevi.
2. Fitzpatrick, J. L., Sanders, J. M. & Worthen, B. R. (2004). Program evaluation: Alternative approaches and practical guidelines. Boston: Pearson.
3. Posner, G. J. (1995). Analyzing the curriculum (2nd Ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
4. Royse, D. Thyer, B. A. & Padgett, D. K. (2010). Program evaluation: An introduction (5th Ed.). Canada: Wadsworth.
5. Shadis, W. R. Cook, T. D. & Leviton, L. C. (1991). Foundations of program evaluation: Theories of practice. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
6. Stufflebeam, D. L. Madaus G. F. & T. Kellaghan (Ed.) (2000). Evaluation models: Viewpoints on educational and human services evaluation (2nd Ed.) Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, question-answer, discussion, distance learning.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.40 + ASG * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The rules of Institute of Educational Sciences are applied.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.ellez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 14 3 42
Pre Class Self Study 14 5 70
Midterm Preparation 1 15 15
Final Preparation 1 20 20
Paper Preparation 1 40 40
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
Final Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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