Introduction to Theory of Change
Friday, September 9, 2011; 9:30 – 17:30
London
Course Contents
• Defining Theory of Change
• How to get started
• When to use
• What the process looks like
• Benefits and challenges
• Compare and contrast to other models, including Logframes and Logic Models
• Two--hour breakout sessions for small group work
• Registering and using Theory of Change Online
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Evaluation Summer Institute:
Evaluation Principles and Practice
16 – 22 June 2011
(6 full days)
London Metropolitan University
£600
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/dass/courses/shortcourses/#summer%20inst
This intensively delivered course covers evaluation of programmes, policies and institutions and a range of policy contexts, professions and agencies. Topics include:
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Purposes of evaluation - formative, summative, process, impact
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Commissioning, planning and designing evaluation
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Different approaches and methods
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Evaluation in a globalised society
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Democratic, participatory evaluation
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Evaluation in an evidence-based, audit/accountability culture
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The politics and ethics of evaluation
This course can be taken as a stand-alone course or as part of a Post Graduate Certificate, Diploma or MA in Evaluation, for which other specialized modules and a thesis are required. A central feature of the course will be the generation of an evaluation design of a policy or programme in the participant’s context or workplace. Participants will have the opportunity to develop their designs during the module with support from mentors and peers.
For further details contact the Course Leader:
Georgie Parry-Crooke
Email: g.parry-crooke@londonmet.ac.uk