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Autor/in | Werner, JennyLynn |
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Titel | Evaluation of Instruction (Training): It Is Not Optional for Professionals (Or, Who Screened the Baggage on Your Flight?). |
Quelle | (2001), (9 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; On the Job Training; Performance; Personnel Evaluation; Professional Development; Program Evaluation; Staff Development |
Abstract | Training is a technical term, applicable to interventions that result in a performance outcome, however, the term is often used inappropriately to elevate conglomerations of content to training status even though no performance improvement results, or is ever likely to result. Myths about evaluation, that it is optional, or too expensive, or somehow unfair to learners (all false statements) persist because of a lack of competence in evaluation skills on the part of a majority of practitioners. Actually, evaluation is a critical component in effective and efficient (and therefore cheap in total cost) training, and it is unfair to learners to expect performance improvement on the job unless the training has been proven through rigorous evaluation. The current rates of change in both technical and non-technical arenas, as well as a slowing economy and tightening budgets contribute to a reality where fewer and fewer people can afford to throw away hours of instruction or training on non-functional conglomerations of content. Rigorous, full evaluation is simply not optional for Instructional Technology professionals. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/AEF) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |