ERIC Number: EJ1344127
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Publication Date: 2022
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Making Evaluation Work for the Practitioner Evaluator: Experience from the Field of Environmental Education
Bird, Áine; Fahy, Frances; Reilly, Kathy
Environmental Education Research, v28 n5 p715-734 2022
Drawing on work from environmental education, evaluation, and practitioner research, this paper presents a discussion of programme evaluation practices from the practitioner's perspective. This discussion is informed by a meta-evaluation conducted on ten-years (2008-2018) of data collected from a suite of place-based learning programmes delivered by a charity in Ireland. Analysis of the data available allowed for an evaluation of the programmes in question, and these were then further analysed to provide the meta-evaluation. Key findings and discussions from the analysis include the impact of time constraints on evaluation; evaluation as part of organisational culture; strengths/weaknesses of evaluations led by practitioner evaluators; and opportunities provided by meta-evaluation in directing organisational change. This paper serves as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners as it provides a framework to support future evaluations led by practitioner evaluators.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Place Based Education, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change, Evaluation Methods, Philanthropic Foundations
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland
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