190015 SE M5.3 Planung, Evaluation und Assessment im Bildungsbereich (2016S)

In this module, students become acquainted with evaluation methods in educational research in which participants’ opinions on the researcher’s theory are used in developing these theories. We focus on the most sophisticated method available, the realistic evaluation of Pawson and Tilley (1997). Recently, the instructor has developed an extension of the realistic evaluation, the realist survey. On the basis of these and related texts, we will collaboratively develop a number of analytic questions that can be used to analyze empirical studies. Subsequently, we will, individually or in small groups, analyze a number of empirical studies. Collectively, we will write a summarizing text about the value and the opportunities and limitations of these research methods.