Evaluation

Paper instructions:

The writer who takes this work will have to know (Owen 2006) and do an action research on this assessment.

There are 2 parts to this paper,  Assessment 1 = Part A and Part B, which will need to be submitted on the 20th September..

I have to resubmit this paper…. and I want at least a Distinction….

Assessment (1)

Evaluation: Improvement and Accountability

Part A: Description of a Program
The task for this part of the assignment is to write a comprehensive
description of the program, project or activity (the unit of ‘evaluative
analysis’ or ‘evaluand’ (Owen, 2006) which is to be the object of the
evaluation you will be planning in this Unit. The description will include:
• The rationale for the program;
• Its purposes and intentions;
• The state of the program – planning, implementation or completed;
• Characteristic activities;
• Resources and materials;
• Methods of assessment (if relevant); and
• Dilemmas and issues that have emerged during its realisation.

Part B: Justification of an Approach to Evaluation
The task here is to review three (3) approaches to evaluation representing
at least two (2) forms (Owen, 2006, Chapter 3), and then to advance an
argument for adopting one approach for evaluating the ‘evaluand’ described
in Part A. Your argument should address such considerations as why this
particular approach is best suited to the ‘evaluand’ and its consistency with
conceptions of learning organisations as empowering workplaces for all
participating personnel.

Evaluation
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
John F. Kennedy, Former US President
It is easy to have an opinion. It is easy to criticize. It is more difficult to think
thoughtfully and critically to develop an interpretation, and then to support
your ideas.
In writing your evaluation essay, you will choose a “text” that you can spend
some time with, get to know, and think deeply and critically about. Your
evaluation will offer thought-out commentary and criticism. You will develop an
evaluative thesis about your “text” that moves beyond liking or disliking. You
will then develop claims and support for your thesis about this “text.”
The word “text” has been in quotation marks because you will have some
freedom about what to evaluate. The key is that your text be small enough
to discuss in a four-page paper. That is, a TV show is too long to write about
in a paper this size, as is a novel, a movie or an album. A song, a poem,
a painting, an advertisement, even a product can be the right size for this
evaluation essay.
As with your narrative, this paper should have a rather narrow focus. You want
to choose the most important details to evaluate. The course textbook, HTWA,
has much more detailed information about what an evaluation essay is, and
how to write one.
Your assessment on this paper will be based on the goals of this unit:
1. Find a relevant cultural text for analysis. Then, understand and think
critically about this text.
2. Read rhetorically, paying attention to strategies of persuasion, the
purposes of an author or creator, and the effect of a text on an
audience. Analyze texts in order to better compose your own.
3. Integrate other voices into your writing—through summary, paraphrase
and quotation. Use citations properly.
4. Revise your evaluation so that it is clear, well-organized, and polished.

Evaluation
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
John F. Kennedy, Former US President
It is easy to have an opinion. It is easy to criticize. It is more difficult to think
thoughtfully and critically to develop an interpretation, and then to support
your ideas.
In writing your evaluation essay, you will choose a “text” that you can spend
some time with, get to know, and think deeply and critically about. Your
evaluation will offer thought-out commentary and criticism. You will develop an
evaluative thesis about your “text” that moves beyond liking or disliking. You
will then develop claims and support for your thesis about this “text.”
The word “text” has been in quotation marks because you will have some
freedom about what to evaluate. The key is that your text be small enough
to discuss in a four-page paper. That is, a TV show is too long to write about
in a paper this size, as is a novel, a movie or an album. A song, a poem,
a painting, an advertisement, even a product can be the right size for this
evaluation essay.
As with your narrative, this paper should have a rather narrow focus. You want
to choose the most important details to evaluate. The course textbook, HTWA,
has much more detailed information about what an evaluation essay is, and
how to write one.
Your assessment on this paper will be based on the goals of this unit:
1. Find a relevant cultural text for analysis. Then, understand and think
critically about this text.
2. Read rhetorically, paying attention to strategies of persuasion, the
purposes of an author or creator, and the effect of a text on an
audience. Analyze texts in order to better compose your own.
3. Integrate other voices into your writing—through summary, paraphrase
and quotation. Use citations properly.
4. Revise your evaluation so that it is clear, well-organized, and polished.