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Short-Term Exchange Programs: Long-Term Outcomes - Does It Really Work?
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| Liudmila Mikhailova,
US Civilian Research and Development Foundation,
mikhailova@msn.com
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The panel will focus on outcome assessment of short-term international programs for professional exchange. It will address challenges that donor and contracted organizations face while designing M&E plans and measuring mid-and long-term outcomes. The panel will analyze the best practices of evaluation designs and critique the shortcomings of evaluation findings.
A sampling of the findings of short-term exchange programs' outcomes will be presented including the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), one of the oldest professional exchange program sponsored by the U.S. federal government. Started in 1940 with Inter-America exchange, IVLP brings today to the United States about 4500 promising leaders in 50 areas of expertise from 185 countries of the world.
The discussion will center on the analyses of different criteria for measuring success in three major areas: international knowledge acquisition and its impact on alumni professional development; application of international knowledge in promoting innovation and change in alumni home countries and increase of international and cross-cultural understanding. Professional exchanges have been recognized all over the world as an enormous contribution to human capital development and global social change. In the United States, such programs are seen as one of the major vehicles to promote and advance U.S. foreign policy in the field of public diplomacy and technical assistance. Ideas of how to measure success of short-term exchange programs will be brainstormed during this presentation.
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Good Governance of Public University : Multi Case Study
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| Rattana Buosonte,
Naresuan University,
rattanabb@hotmail.com
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The purpose of this research were to study and compare good governance between the two public universities in Thailand which Located in Northern and Northeast region. Mixed-Method, Integrated Design (Quan-Qual) was use in this study. The participants were 226 stakeholders from those universities. Questionnaire and semi-structure interview were use to collecting data. The research results from quantitative study found two university were medium level in good governance on overall and 5
components except the effectiveness which was high level. But the results from qualitative study found two universities were low level in 3 components such as transparency, equity and participation. However there were good or satisfy level in the components of independent, effectiveness and flexibility. Besides these when compared the results between two public universities, there were difference in some components and some issues of good governance.
Key word : 1) Good Governance 2) Public University 3) Equity 4) Transparency 5)Participation 6) Independence 7)Effectiveness 8) Flexibilit
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Practices and Challenges in Educational Program Evaluation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Results of a Delphi Study
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| Presenter(s):
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| Yi-Fang Lee,
National Chi Nan University,
lee.2084@yahoo.com
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| James Altschuld,
The Ohio State University,
altschuld.1@osu.edu
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| Hsin-Ling Hung,
University of Cincinnati,
hsonya@gmail.com
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Educational program evaluation (EPE) has become more important in recent years because of increasing governmental demands for accountability. At the same time, little is known about the development of and issues in educational evaluation in the Asia-Pacific region. To that end, we conducted a Delphi study to learn what is happening now and what the future might hold for EPE in this part of the world based on the perspectives of evaluation experts.
Thirty-seven panelists from eleven Asia-Pacific countries participated in three Delphi rounds. Thirty-four out of 78 statements reached consensus in accord with our criterion of 90% of responses falling into the inter-quartile range. Higher agreement was noted for the concept of EPE as compared to current and future statuses. Major characteristics of EPE in the area are discussed as well as potential trends and challenges 5 years from now.
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A Development of Conceptual Change Model in Quality Assurance of Basic Education Institutions
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| Presenter(s):
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| Sukanyarat Khong-Ngam,
Chulalongkorn University,
ksukanyarat@hotmail.com
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| Suwimon Wongwanich,
Chulalongkorn University,
wsuwimon@chula.ac.th
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| Siridej Sujiva,
Chulalongkorn University,
ssiridej@chula.ac.th
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The purpose of this study were (1) to study the conception of quality assurance of basic education institutions and to develop the set of diagnostic instrument for detecting misconceptions about quality assurance of basic education institutions in Thailand. (2) to analyze the amount of misconceptions about quality assurance of basic education institutions of teachers in school case study (3) to develop the conceptual change model in quality assurance of basic education institutions and to employ the developed model with key stakeholders in school case study and (4) to examine an effectiveness of conceptual change model and to compare the change in amount of misconception of quality assurance between before and after employing the developed model. This research employed the research & development methodology and was classified into two phases. The first phase was an exploratory study aimed to develop the diagnostic method for detecting misconceptions and analyze the amount of misconceptions about quality assurance. The second phase was an experimental research aimed to develop the conceptual change model and to compare the change in amount of misconception of quality assurance misconception between before and after employing the developed model. The research sample consisted of key stakeholders such as teachers, administrators and school internal quality assurance committee from six basic educational schools in Thailand. Data were collected by two sets of research instruments. The first set were instruments for diagnose misconceptions consisted of self checklist, and diagnostic test, the second set were instruments for examining effectiveness of conceptual change model consisted questionnaire, interview and anecdotal record. The qualitative data were analyzed by using content analysis, whereas the quantitative data were analyzed by employing descriptive statistics, ANOVA and ANCOVA. The results expected to be beneficial to stakeholders.
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