Middlebury

DPPG8644S-S20

SPR: SEM: Prog Eval for SCOs

MEETING DATES: February 24, 2020 - March 13, 2020

This seminar introduces participants to a variety of evaluation approaches appropriate to public sector and nongovernmental organizations engaged in social change, poverty alleviation, education, health and development work. Key issues include: uses of evaluation; alternative evaluation methodologies; evaluation as the process of testing hypotheses about linkages and causality; evaluating for sustainability; stakeholder identification; participatory approaches to evaluation; cross-cultural perspectives on evaluation; funding of evaluation; and, the role of organizational leadership and management in evaluation. Seminar participants review and critique evaluations of development assistance projects sponsored by bilateral, multilateral, and nongovernmental organizations. Additionally, they develop original evaluation designs that allow them to apply critical seminar concepts to a real-life project.

Course Reference Number (CRN):
21082
Subject Code:
DPPG
Course Number:
8644
Section Identifier:
S

Course

DPPG 8644

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DPPG8644S-S20 Seminar (Levinger)