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Catherine Elliott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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organizational learning capacity evaluative inquiry and readiness for change in schools views and perceptions of educators
Journal of Educational Change, 2006Co-Authors: Bradley J Cousins, Catherine ElliottAbstract:In recent review of the literature on integrating evaluative inquiry into organizational culture, Cousins, Goh, Clark and Lee [Cousins, J.B., Goh, S., Clark, S. & Lee, L. (2004). Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation19(2), 99–144] suggest that there is a link between evaluative inquiry and organizational learning in schools. However, there have been no published studies examining the views, perceptions and importance teachers and administrators attach to these practices and activities in their schools. This article reports results from a survey of 970 educators about their views on both of these topics – organizational learning and Evaluation. Teachers and school administrators in 41 middle and secondary schools in Manitoba, Canada, responded to questions about current Evaluation practices, attitudes towards Evaluation and experience with systematic inquiry, as well as organizational learning capacity, school support structures and their readiness for Evaluation and change. The survey results suggest that educators perceive their schools to have a moderate capacity for organizational learning. Similarly, respondents indicated that a moderate to low level of Evaluation Activity is currently taking place in their schools. Some implications for change in building a learning capacity and an evaluative inquiry culture in schools and suggestions for further research are discussed.
Graham Green - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Towards integrated design Evaluation: Validation of models
Journal of Engineering Design, 2000Co-Authors: Graham GreenAbstract:This paper professes the importance of the Evaluation Activity, particularly during the conceptual phase of the engineering design process. It provides a review of a range of complementary models and reports on research aimed at modelling the Evaluation of conceptualdesigns,leading to the proposal of a general framework enabling the combination of separate models into a possible future integrated design Evaluation tool. The philosophy underpinning the development of such a tool is that no one model or method should be relied upon during the Evaluation Activity. Rather, an approach that triangulates the outputs from a number of models should be employed to achieve robust Evaluation of competing design concepts and in the retrieval of design cases and data from a supporting knowledge base. To support this approach, three competing theoretical models enabling the concept-specification and pair-wise comparison elements of Evaluation Activity are compared and validated against a common data set. The results in...
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Evaluation Activity in the conceptual phase of the engineering design process
1994Co-Authors: Graham GreenAbstract:Chapter 4 describes the synthesis and development of a Conceptual Design Evaluation Method (CDEM) that is an amalgam of a number of methods and approaches taken principally from the probability, reliability, and quality domains. Decomposition of design is employed to enable Evaluation at design characteristic level with the total design Evaluation being achieved via recomposition by means of Conceptual Design Factor Ratings (CDFR) and Conceptual Design Solution Ratings (CDSR). This methodology is next tested, within a controlled design environment, in order that its validity can be assessed. The experimental approach used is described in Chapter 5. The results of this experiment, which uses students along with technical and academic staff from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow as subjects, indicate that the developed Conceptual Design Evaluation Methodology does exhibit validity within the limits of the experimental environment. It is shown that the CDEM can match expert selection of preferred concept options thus offering the potential of enhancing novice capability and of providing advisory support to experienced designers. The experiment also exposes the problem of objectivity in design Evaluation however it is also shown that the CDEM approach acts to mitigate against this tendency by effectively reminding the designer of the benefits of a range of conceptual options. In parallel, the experiment also exposes the limits of human objective Evaluation in terms of the complexity of criteria addressed as well as the number of conceptual options considered. Once again CDEM is shown to enable evaluative objectivity to be maintained with increasing complexity. It is also suggested that the CDEM approach is appropriate for a concurrent engineering environment since it displays a capacity to enhance traceability of design decision making. Finally, conclusions are provided regarding the specific outcomes of the described research along with implications for the wider issues of coherent design research strategy and professional engineering design practice.
Modena E. H. Wilson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Evaluation activities to strengthen an injury prevention resource center for urban families.
Health promotion practice, 2003Co-Authors: Eileen M. Mcdonald, Andrea Carlson Gielen, Lara B. Trifiletti, John S. Andrews, Janet R. Serwint, Modena E. H. WilsonAbstract:The Johns Hopkins Children's Safety Center (CSC) is a unique health care provider and patient education resource that elevates the attention injury prevention receives in a medical setting and reduces barriers to injury prevention experienced by low-income, urban families, the Center's priority population. This article describes the CSC's development, implementation, and selected elements of its Evaluation. Because Evaluation has played an important role in the CSC from its inception through its implementation and sustainability, three Evaluation activities are described: process Evaluation to monitor Activity, impact Evaluation to understand its effects on parents' safety behaviors, and qualitative interviews with CSC visitors and non-visitors to enhance services. Implications of each Evaluation Activity are described and recommendations are made for strengthening the CSC.
Bradley J Cousins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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organizational learning capacity evaluative inquiry and readiness for change in schools views and perceptions of educators
Journal of Educational Change, 2006Co-Authors: Bradley J Cousins, Catherine ElliottAbstract:In recent review of the literature on integrating evaluative inquiry into organizational culture, Cousins, Goh, Clark and Lee [Cousins, J.B., Goh, S., Clark, S. & Lee, L. (2004). Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation19(2), 99–144] suggest that there is a link between evaluative inquiry and organizational learning in schools. However, there have been no published studies examining the views, perceptions and importance teachers and administrators attach to these practices and activities in their schools. This article reports results from a survey of 970 educators about their views on both of these topics – organizational learning and Evaluation. Teachers and school administrators in 41 middle and secondary schools in Manitoba, Canada, responded to questions about current Evaluation practices, attitudes towards Evaluation and experience with systematic inquiry, as well as organizational learning capacity, school support structures and their readiness for Evaluation and change. The survey results suggest that educators perceive their schools to have a moderate capacity for organizational learning. Similarly, respondents indicated that a moderate to low level of Evaluation Activity is currently taking place in their schools. Some implications for change in building a learning capacity and an evaluative inquiry culture in schools and suggestions for further research are discussed.
Elena Maceviciute - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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SHAMAN D14.4 : Report on demonstration and Evaluation Activity in the domain of e-science
2011Co-Authors: Elena Maceviciute, Tom Wilson, Giusepina Vullo, Gonçalo Antunes, José BarateiroAbstract:1. This deliverable reports on the demonstration and Evaluation of ISP3, which was designed to demonstrate the potential of the SHAMAN framework for digital preservation in the context of e-science institutions and for the research and development community. 2. The demonstration process was carried out by means of presentations of the training material to the scientists from LNEC and LIP in Lisbon, Portugal. The audiences for the demonstrations consisted of scientists working with different data and IT support staff. 3. The Evaluation is based on the reports of focus groups held with two groups of scientists, together with structured data from self-completed questionnaires, administered on the same occasions. 4. The SHAMAN 'consciousness raising' event appears to have had useful consequences. In both institutions it appeared to fulfil the aim of drawing attention to the problems of digital preservation and to the role of the SHAMAN framework in finding answers to the problems. To a degree, the participants were already sympathetic to the ideas, since they were working in situations that daily brought their attention to the need for preservation policies. However, the discussions were also useful in extending the concept of digital preservation beyond the existing perceptions within the SHAMAN teams. In particular, the notion of the 'digital object' needs to be expanded to include not only digitized physical objects such as documents and images, but also 'born digital' phenomena such as data streams, software programs and analytical results of experiments.
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Shaman: D14.2 - report on demonstration and Evaluation Activity in the domain of "memory institututions"
2011Co-Authors: Duncan Birrell, Elena Maceviciute, Tom Wilson, Kathleen Menzies, Thomas Wollschläger, Leo Konstantelos, Perla Innocenti, Ruben Riestra, Maria Lindh, John HarrisonAbstract:1. The report describes the demonstration and Evaluation of ISP1, which was designed to demonstrate the potential of the SHAMAN framework for digital preservation in the context of memory instituti ...
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Shaman : D14.3 - Report on demonstration and Evaluation Activity in the domain of industrial design and engineering
2011Co-Authors: Elena Maceviciute, Tom Wilson, Kathleen Menzies, Emma Forsgren, Dominic Heutelbeck, Hans-ulrich Heidbrink, Vittore CasarosaAbstract:1. The report is accounting for the demonstration and Evaluation of ISP2, which was designed to demonstrate the potential of the SHAMAN framework for digital preservation in the context of industri ...
