How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a School-Based Intervention
Evaluating the Impact of the Philosophy for Children Programme on Students’ Skills
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Evaluations of school-based interventions are and should be conducted in order to examine the programme effectiveness and whether and how these programmes should be implemented in schools. Over the last century Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) have been seen as the 'gold standard' for evaluation, however How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a School-Based Intervention presents a multi-dimensional evaluation framework, which is not only based on measurable outcomes. According to this framework, the evaluation of a programme should combine different methods and perspectives, and should examine the impact of the programme on many student's skills prior to reaching a conclusion of whether and how a programme should be implemented.
Suggesting a cost-effective method of conducting a multi-dimensional evaluation research study, in order to include the examination of the impact of the programme on students' thinking skills, this book investigates how these skills can be defined and assessed effectively and presents a step-by-step guide by demonstrating how the multi-dimensional evaluation of the Philosophy for Children programme was conducted.
Evaluating the programme from an independent standpoint, this book is essential reading for researchers conducting evaluations in education; researchers who are interested in Philosophy for Children research; and teachers and trainers who internationally implement P4C in their classrooms.
Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. How to Conduct a Multidimensional Programme Evaluation
- Chapter 3. Philosophy for Children: Discussing About Pedagogy
- Chapter 4. Systematic Literature Review: Evaluating the Available Evidence
- Chapter 5. Generating New Evidence
- Chapter 6. Evaluating the Impact on Thinking Skills: Working Definitions
- Chapter 7. Assessing Students' Thinking Skills
- Chapter 8. The Findings of the Quasi-Experimental Study
- Chapter 9. Secondary Data Analysis: Evaluating the Long-Term Impact of the Programme
- Chapter 10. Combining the Evidence: Deciding About the Programme Effectiveness
- Chapter 11. Recommendations: When and How Should the Programme be Implemented in the Classrooms?
- Chapter 12. Concluding Thoughts
Ourania Maria Ventista is currently an online tutor of the unit 'Assessment for Learning' and supervises students for the Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Assessment at the University of Cambridge. Dr Ventista has published in the areas of educational assessment, Philosophy for Children, developing students' skills and differentiated instruction.