1. Evidence for effective learning and teaching: ways and means Professor Marilyn Hammick July 2009

2. 2 Education developments Shaped by  tradition  context  professional knowledge(s)  ideology  professional experience & expertise  learner experience  evidence  …

3. 3 Current changes.. in curriculum/module/learning session  organic  small adjustments  rarely evidence informed  await testing

4. 4 Evidence EffectivenessEnquiry Ethics

5. 5 Enquiry about education’s impact Culture Practice

6. 6 Cultural History Habit and customs: ways of finding out the ‘truth’ Attitudes: support, capacity to change Expectations & challenges of results Values and beliefs: what counts as evidence

7. 7 General Individual Measurement Meaning Case study Randomised Controlled Trial Quasi experimental study Survey Epidemiological study Practice based knowledge Participative action research

8. 8 Descriptive account - Story - Narrative Ethnography Enquiry into the being of the learning activity EvolutionaryProducts/outcomesCritical/contextualRoles/relationships Theory building Summative evaluation -Numerical data - Formal Controlled trial

9. 9 Knowledge building in education Humanities  ideas, theorising  no empirical testing Scientific  understanding  testing Engineering  how it works  products, solution focussed

10. 10 Practice Methodologies, methods Outcomes: of interest to whom Pace of change Collaborative working External influences Packaging the messages: products, papers and conference presentations Capacity: time, money, interest, intellect

11. 11 Capacity … an evaluation of outcomes and processes of the Parenting Fund Project: Growing Parenting Support in xxxxx Measuring how well CVA met the milestones of the Parenting Fund project. Evaluating the effectiveness of the delivery process including timing, learning processes used and staffing. Evaluating the lasting impact of CVA’s Parenting Fund project on organisations and individuals involved. Eg. further training, continued membership of networks, partnerships created, personal/career development Making recommendations on the possible future development of this project. The final delivery date for the completed evaluation report is June 25th 2008 before 5pm. The budget for the evaluation is set at £2,500 which includes costs for focus group meetings. Proposals to be received by May 6th 2008.

12. 12 Capacity … an evaluation of outcomes and processes of the Parenting Fund Project: Growing Parenting Support in xxxxx Measuring how well CVA met the milestones of the Parenting Fund project. Evaluating the effectiveness of the delivery process including timing, learning processes used and staffing. Evaluating the lasting impact of CVA’s Parenting Fund project on organisations and individuals involved. Eg. further training, continued membership of networks, partnerships created, personal/career development Making recommendations on the possible future development of this project. The final delivery date for the completed evaluation report is June 25th 2008 before 5pm. The budget for the evaluation is set at £2,500 which includes costs for focus group meetings. Proposals to be received by May 6th 2008.

13. 13 Moving forwards …

14. 14 Believable Transferable Utility Enquiry as a purposeful activity Evidence

15. 15 Four guiding principles – that an enquiry should be: contributory: advances wider knowledge and/or understanding; defensible in design: provides a research strategy which can address the questions posed; rigorous in conduct: through the systematic and transparent collection, analysis and interpretation of data; credible in claim: offers well-founded and plausible arguments about the significance of the data generated Ref: UK HM Government Strategy Unit

16. 16 Quality judgement Contribution Design Conduct Claims

17. 17 Contribution Assessment of current knowledge Identified need for knowledge Takes organisational context into account Transferability assessed

18. 18 Defensible design Theoretical richness Evaluation question (s) Clarity of aims and purpose Criteria for outcomes and impact Resources Chronology

19. 19 Conducted rigorously Ethics and governance Clarity and logic  sampling  data collection  analysis  synthesis  judgements

20. 20 Makes credible claims Interpretation Judgement Collection

21. 21 Purposes of enquiry Development KnowledgeAccountability Capacity

22. Thank you