This field study is concerned with the development and
implementation of a formative evaluation of an innovative
aspect of program development in the Language/Reading Centre at the Canberra College of Advanced Education. In
1983 a parent training dimension was added as part of a
developing concern to assist school pupils who are
experiencing difficulties in language and reading. The
Language/Reading Centre programs are designed to provide
this assistance within an 'integrated systems' approach.
The group of people who participated in one of these
parent training programs within the Language/Reading Centre
in semester 2, 1983, were the focus for this evaluation.
The program is called the Parent Training Evening Group
Seminar Program in the evaluation. This study was set up
in response to a request from the Director of the
Language/Reading Centre for an external evaluation of this
parent training component.
The eva1uation developed within the framework of
naturalistic inquiry and the design has been based on the
work of Robert Stake. The evaluator undertook a responsive
evaluation plan with an adaption of the briefing panel
component, to gather and organise the perceptions and
judgments of the people concerned with the program. The
information collected in this process was focused on a
number of Issues for consideration. This case study format
was intended to gain some measure of program effectiveness
as formative information for the client to use in the ongoing
development of the program.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219318 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Seaton, Barbara Calre, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Barbara Calre Seaton |
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