Evaluation in Adult Education

Pre-requisites: No special conditions

Course objectives: The goal of the subject is acquisition of knowledge and skills related to planning and conducting evaluative research in different domains of adult education and learning; acquisition of knowledge and skills related to evaluation of the program, evaluation of the process of education and learning, evaluation of achievements and evaluation of teaching staff.

Course description: Theories of evaluation in education. The concept of evaluation in education; Relevant terms; Planning the evaluation process in adult education. Evaluation of different elements and aspects of adult education and learning.Process-oriented evaluation. Results-based evaluation. Self-evaluation. Meta evaluation. Preparation of the evaluation plan: programs, process realization programs, work of adult education institutions, monitoring and evaluation of students, monitoring of educational work effects, development of portfolios.

Learning Outcomes: After the completion of the program students: knows theories of evaluation in education; knows various evaluation models; develops simple plans for the evaluation process and conducts evaluative research in the field of adult education and learning.

Literature/Reading:

• Despotović, M, (2010), Razvoj kurikuluma u stručnom obrazovanju, Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu Filozofski fakultet, str. 234-258
• Pejatović, A. (2006), Obrazovanje i kvalitet života, Beograd: Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta, str. 28-43, 65-123
• Pejatović, A. (2012). Modeli akreditacije obrazovnih programa i institucija u Srbiji, Vujisić Živković, N. i dr (ur) "Posebna pitanja kvaliteta u obrazovanju", Beograd: Filozofski fakultet, str. 205-220
• Savićević, D. (1989), Koncepcija obrazovnih potreba u andragogiji, Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva i drugi, str. 231-252
• Stufflebeam, D., Shinjfield, A., (2007) Evaluation theory, Models, and Application, Jossey-BassSan Francisco.