An evaluation framework for educational reform projects for teacher quality improvements in developing countries : a case study of Egyptian education reform


Autoria(s): Hashimoto, Kazuaki
Data(s)

2009

Resumo

The role of the evaluation for Official Development Assistance (ODA) enterprises including educational development has become critical after increasing “aid fatigue” experienced by the international community in the 1990s. To date, however, monitoring and evaluating outcomes of the projects has been limited to the project life. Consequently these have been mainly through the international aid agencies. Furthermore, the monitoring and evaluation led by international aid agencies have paid little attention to aspects of the sustainability of technical cooperation in educational development. To sustain the impact of technical cooperation, the reinforcement of evaluation has drawn increasing attention in light of the emerging modalities in international development. Therefore this research was inspired to investigate alternative evaluation frameworks for an educational reform project for teacher quality improvement that may increase possibilities for long term sustainability. Importantly, the new modalities in international development and educational issues provide new options. In addition, the research reviewed theoretical and practical issues surrounding evaluation in general, and highlighted the evaluation of education reform projects. The research reported explored via case studies, the evaluation processes employed by the Egyptian education reform projects implemented by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The case studies used three data sources (archival and relevant documents, a survey questionnaire and interviews) to illuminate the contextually-embedded evaluation processes. The research found that process evaluation is a potential alternative method since it is likely to be locally institutionalised, which may yield long-term sustainability of the projects.

Formato

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Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29387/

Publicador

Queensland University of Technology

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29387/1/Kazuaki_Hashimoto_Citation.pdf

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29387/2/Kazuaki_Hashimoto_Thesis.pdf

Hashimoto, Kazuaki (2009) An evaluation framework for educational reform projects for teacher quality improvements in developing countries : a case study of Egyptian education reform. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.

Fonte

School of Cultural & Professional Learning; Faculty of Education

Palavras-Chave #evaluation, educational reform, teacher quality improvement, capacity development, international assistance, developing countries
Tipo

Thesis