Evaluating educational reforms : Scandinavian perspectives

• Other Authors: Haug, Peder, 1947- (Editor), Schwandt, Thomas A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2003.
• Series: Evaluation and society.
• Subjects: Educational evaluation > Scandinavia > Cross-cultural studies > Congresses.; Educational evaluation > Norway > Congresses.; Educational change > Scandinavia > Evaluation > Cross-cultural studies > Congresses.; Action research in education > Scandinavia > Cross-cultural studies > Congresses.; elektronické knihy; Conference papers and proceedings.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781918117967
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-862-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations

A Scandinavian perspective on evaluating educational reforms. The essays include: The Research Council of Norway Evaluating Reform 97; Models of Evaluation; and What's Being Done in the Name of Evaluation? Experiences Drawn from the Recent Evaluation of Schooling Reforms in Switzerland.

Table of Contents:

• The Research Council of Norway evaluating Reform '97 / Peder Haug
• Challenges and dilemmas for the evaluation of Reform '97 / Lars Monsen
• Models of evaluation / Evert Vedung
• From basic research to evaluation / Gunnar Stangvik
• What's being done in the name of evaluation?: experiences drawn from the recent evaluation of schooling reforms in Switzerland / Heinz Rhyn
• The political governing (governance) of education and evaluation / Ulf P. Lundgren
• On the evaluation of curriculum reforms / Stefan Thomas Hopmann
• Democratic evaluation: an arena for dialogue and learning? / Ove Karlsson
• Democratic evaluation and evaluation for learning: reply to Ove Karlsson / Gunn Imsen
• Linking evaluation and education: enlightenment and engagement / Thomas A. Schwandt
• Evaluating a national curriculum reform / Ian Westbury.