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Designing evaluation into educational change processes
Freelance author, lecturer, and consultant. He is an Associate Lecturer at the English Language Centre, King's College, University of London, and an Associate of the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Reading. He has published on teaching written communication and the uses of electronic corpora in ELT, and has been a project manager, trainer, and evaluation consultant in Central and Eastern Europe, China, and South Asia for the British Council, the Department for International Development (DfID), Oxfam, and the European Union. Email: ctribble{at}lanka.com.uk
In this paper I shall discuss the integration of insider-managed baseline evaluation into project and programme design in educational change processes. Drawing on examples taken from recent experience of ELT projects in Central Europe and China, I shall outline some of the benefits of using insider-managed baseline studies—and some of the problems which can arise when this kind of study has not been carried out at the beginning of a change process. Throughout the paper I shall stress the importance of including implementation teams in evaluation processes, and will show how baseline studies can be used as a means for ensuring that this inclusion takes place.