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Evaluation of Continuing Professional Education: Toward a Theory of Our Own
Author(s) -
Ottoson Judith M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.8605
Subject(s) - continuing education , adult education , pedagogy , professional development , continuing professional development , education theory , psychology , adult learning , sociology , higher education , medical education , political science , medicine , law
Abstract Program evaluation theory seeks to make the evaluation of continuing professional education a transparent process. This chapter introduces the Situated Evaluation Framework, which situates the learner and knowledge assessment at the junction of the educational context, the practice context, and the evaluation context.