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Participant‐Centered Evaluation of Job Training Programmes for the Economically Disadvantages: A US Case Study
Author(s) -
Bertaux Nancy
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2419.00012
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , participant observation , qualitative research , job training , government (linguistics) , training (meteorology) , on the job training , psychology , multimethodology , face (sociological concept) , medical education , applied psychology , public relations , sociology , political science , pedagogy , economic growth , social science , economics , vocational education , medicine , geography , linguistics , philosophy , internship , meteorology
This article reports results from a US case study utilising participant‐centred evaluations of government training programmes for the econ‐omically disadvantaged. The study concludes that when qualitative evidence such as open‐ended, face‐to‐face interviews with participants are added to the quantitative evaluation techniques currently used, significantly new or different insights can be gained for policy‐making purposes.