Trends and challenges in program evaluation: an interview with Chris Coryn

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https://doi.org/10.18222/eae.v30i73.6229

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Program Evaluation, Evaluative Research Design, Evaluator Training, Evaluation Approaches

Abstract

In this interview, Chris Coryn, Director of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation (IDPE) Program, Professor of Evaluation at Western Michigan University (WMU) and executive editor of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, explains key concepts and characteristics of program evaluation, a dimension of evaluation that is still unexplored in the educational area in Brazil. The researcher comments on some of the current challenges in the field of program evaluation, highlighting methodological tendencies and ethical issues in professional practice. He also discusses knowledge, competences and skills that should be considered in the training of the professional evaluator. Coryn criticizes current evaluative approaches that disconnect program evaluation from values and valuing, which, in his view, are distinctive elements of program evaluation.

 

 

 

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Author Biography

Adriana Bauer, Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC) e Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo-SP, Brasil

Pesquisadora da Fundação Carlos Chagas e professora do Departamento de Metodologia do Ensino e Educação Comparada da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2019-05-31

How to Cite

Bauer, A., & Silva Fernandes, F. (2019). Trends and challenges in program evaluation: an interview with Chris Coryn. Estudos Em Avaliação Educacional, 30(73), 314–325. https://doi.org/10.18222/eae.v30i73.6229

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Vol. 30 No. 73 (2019): jan./abr. 2019

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Entrevista

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