It is relevant for many PhD candidates to have a wide understanding of evaluation, in relation to their own research. It is also a common task for researchers to commission, produce or interpret different kinds of evaluations. The course directly addresses the learning outcome for doctoral studies: "demonstrate the capacity [...] to review and assess new and complex phenomena, issues and situations autonomously and critically"
The course is interdisciplinary and includes evaluation theory - methodology and - practice with a focus on policy and program evaluation.
The main contents are:
The general aim of the course is to offer specialised knowledge of evaluations mainly connected to education, research and other public sector.
After passing the course, the student should be able to:
Admitted to third-cycle education primarily in the subjects technology and learning, historical studies of technology or science and environment and secondarily closely related subjects.
Information about course literature is announced in the course PM.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
To pass the course, actively prepared participation in the seminars is also required.
The course LO2981 Evaluation and Learning have partly the same content.
