Abstract

BAUER, ADRIANA  and  FERNANDES, FABIANA SILVA. TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN PROGRAM EVALUATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS CORYN. Est. Aval. Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.30, n.73, pp.314-325.  Epub July 16, 2019. ISSN 1984-932X.  https://doi.org/10.18222/eae.v30i73.6229.

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.

Keywords : PROGRAM EVALUATION; EVALUATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN; EVALUATOR TRAINING; EVALUATION APPROACHES.

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