Professor University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States
The professor for the two-course sequence on program evaluation will serve as the facilitator of the panel. She will provide an overview of the purpose of the courses and assignments, and reflect on her perceptions of the effectiveness of them. The first course focused on program evaluation theory and models while the second course centered on developing skills as practitioners and researchers of evaluation. During the second course, she assigned students to teams of two or three members. The teams worked with a consenting evaluand of the students’ choosing. Concurrently with the program evaluation, the teams also completed a research on evaluation project. She integrates reflective practice in the two courses through both individual assignments and collective reflections. By facilitating the panel, she will guide the discussion to connect the three projects through her perspective as the professor for the courses, as well as the role these experiential learning opportunities have in the doctoral education of the students.
