City University of Hong Kong Information on a Course offered by Department of Applied Social Sciences with effect from Semester A in 2014/2015

Part I Course Title:

Programme Planning and Evaluation

Course Code:

SS3422

Course Duration:

One Semester

No. of Credit Units:

3

Level:

B3

Medium of Instruction:

English

Medium of Assessment:

English

Prerequisites: (Course Code and Title):

Nil

Precursors: (Course Code and Title):

Nil

Equivalent Courses: (Course Code and Title):

SS3422 Programme Evaluation

Exclusive Courses: (Course Code and Title):

Nil

Part II 1.

Course Aims:

This course will provide a fundamental understanding of the purpose, design, and implementation of program evaluations in human service settings. Proficient knowledge of the concepts, skills and steps to plan and to implement a programme evaluation will enable students to assess and conduct programme evaluation studies of sociological practice in human service settings.

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Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs) Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: No. 1.

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CILOs Recognize the contexts and explain the purpose, design and characteristics of the role and practice of programme evaluation in human services; Identify evaluation requirements in the planning, designing and managing human service interventions for continuous quality improvement; Assess programme evaluability and recognize appropriate programme evaluation designs to monitor human service deliveries; and Plan small scale programme evaluation studies.

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Teaching and learning Activities (TLAs) (Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

CILO No. CILO 1 CILO 2 CILO 3 CILO 4

TLA1

TLA2

TLA3

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Hours / course (if applicable)

TLA1: Lecture Weekly lectures, with topics prepared and presented by lecturers. The lectures may assign student to read essential and/or supplementary readings concerning the topics. TLA2: Tutorial Beginning from the 5th week, approximately one hour weekly will be reserved for tutorial discussion. The purpose is to allow students to present and discuss the progress of their critique of their selected programme evaluation research report. TLA3: Group Presentation Students are required to form small groups to prepare a programme evaluation proposal. There will be an oral presentation from each group on the progress of the preparation at the end of the teaching week.

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Assessment Tasks/Activities (Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course)

CILO No. CILO 1-2 CILO 3-4 CILO 1-4

Type of Assessment Tasks/Activities AT1: Programme Evaluation Research Report Review AT2: Group Project AT3: Quiz

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Remarks

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AT1: Programme Evaluation Research Report Review (40%) To conduct a critical review of a selected Programme Evaluation study. The outcome of the individual project is to enable the participant to understand an evaluation research report and suggest ways to improve the validity of the evaluation design. Each participant has to make an oral presentation on the selected study in the tutorial session. AT2: Group Project (30%) Students will form a group to select a programme from a human service organization and develop a proposal for the evaluation of the selected programme. There will be an oral presentation of the progress for each proposal, followed by class discussion. AT3: Quiz (30%) A 2-hr multiple-choice type of quiz to assess the participants’ understanding of the basic concepts and principles of programme evaluation.

5. Grading of Student Achievement: Refer to Grading of Courses in the Academic Regulations.

Letter Grade A+ A A-

B+ B B-

C+ C CD F

Grading criteria in relation to CILOs Strong evidence of original thinking about program planning and evaluation; good organization, capacity to analyse and synthesize data for program planning and evaluation; superior grasp of knowledge about program planning and evaluation; evidence of an extensive knowledge base about program planning and evaluation. Evidence of grasp of knowledge about program planning and evaluation, some evidence of critical capacity and analytic ability about program planning and evaluation; reasonable understanding of issues of program planning and evaluation; evidence of familiarity with literature and data on program planning and evaluation. Profiting from the learning experience about program planning and evaluation; understanding of about program planning and evaluation; ability to develop satisfactory analysis based on the material on program planning and evaluation. Familiarity with concepts of about program planning and evaluation. Little evidence of familiarity with concepts of about program planning and evaluation; weakness in critical and analytic skills about program planning and evaluation; limited or irrelevant use of literature and data on program planning and evaluation.

Part III 1.

Keyword Syllabus: Origin and key concepts, current trends and issues in program evaluation. Uses and purposes of evaluation. Research designs and methods in programme evaluation. Setting boundaries and analyzing the evaluation context. Design and implementation of performance measurement system. Data analysis and interpretation. Reporting and using evaluation information. Client satisfaction. Goal attainment scaling. Ethical issues. Writing evaluation proposals and programme evaluation exercises.

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Recommended Reading: Bamberger, Michael, Rugh, Jim and Mabry, Linda (2006). RealWorld evaluation. London: Sage. Bloom, M., & Fischer, J. (2006). Evaluation practice: Guidelines for the accountable professional (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. Chan, Wing Tai. (1996). Social programme evaluation in southern China: An agenda for whom it may concern. In Kwan, Alex Yui-huen and Cheng, Joseph Y. S. (Eds.), Capitalistic welfare development in communist China: The experience of southern China (pp. 103-112). Chicago: Imprint Publications. Donaldson, Stewart I., & Scriven, Michael (Eds.). (2003). Evaluating social programs and problems: Visions for the new millennium. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. Engel, Rafel J., & Schutt, Russell K. (2005). “How to read a research article” in The practice of research in social work. London: Sage Publications. Fitzpatrick, J. L., Sanders, J. R., & Worthen, B. R. (2004). Program evaluation: Alternative approaches and practical guidelines (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon. McDavid, J. C., & Hawthorn, L. R. L. (2006). Program evaluation and performance measurement. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. McKillip, Jack, Lockhart, D. C., Eckert, P. S., & Philips, J. (1985). “Responsible alcohol use media campaign: Can we get college students’ attention?” as adapted in appendix of Posavac, Emil J., & Carey, Raymond G. (2007). Program evaluation: Methods and case studies (7th ed.). NJ: Prentice Hall. Nugent, William R., Sieppert, Jackie D., & Hudson, Walter W. (2001). Practice evaluation for the 21st Century. USA: Wardsworth. Posavac, Emil J., & Carey, Raymond G. (2007). Program evaluation: Methods and case studies (7th ed.). NJ: Prentice Hall.

Rossi, P. H., Freeman, H. E., & Wright, S. R. (2004). Evaluation: A systematic approach (4th ed.). London: Sage Publications. Royse, David, Thyer, Bruce A., Padgett, Deborah K., & Logan, T. K. (2006). Program evaluation: An introduction (4th ed.). UK: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning. Schalock, Robert L. (2001). Outcome-based evaluation (2nd ed.). NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and quasiexperimental design for generalized causal inference. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin. Stufflebeam, D. L. (2001). Evaluation models. New directions for evaluation, 2001(89): 7-89. Unrau, Yvonne A., Gabor, Peter A., & Grinnell, Richard M. Jr. (2001). Evaluation in the human services. UK: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning. Yuen, Francis K. O., & Terao, Kenneth L. (2003). Practical grant writing and program evaluation. UK: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning. 陳永泰 (1991)。《社會服務評估法》。香港：香港基督教服務處。(e-book available) 陳永泰 (1996)。＜程序評估＞。《社聯季刊 》， 1996 年春，第 136 期社會服務機 構行政管理。 張宙橋、郭勤、魏雁濱、鄧廣良(2005)。《成長跳躍夏令營成效評估報告》。香港， 中國：香港中文大學社會工作學系社會福利實踐及研究中心。 鄧國勝著(2001)。《非營利組織評估》。北京：社會科學文獻出版社。