AES 2012 Workshop Series
Using Case Study Evaluation of Programs and Policies
Prof Helen Simons, BA PhD DipEd PGCE
Don’t miss an opportunity to attend this comprehensive workshop with international speaker, renowned academic and author Professor Helen SimonsAcSS FRSA.
Case study evaluation is a prominent feature of evaluation of public programs, yet practice and quality of case study evaluation can vary greatly and we still have much to learn about how to conduct and use them effectively to inform policy making and practice.
This one day workshop will focus on the value of case study methodology for documenting complex social and educational programmes. It will cover the following:
- how to design case study evaluations
- different forms and contexts of use
- conduct ethically defensible case studies in sensitive evaluation socio/political contexts
- ensure that the final case study is rigorous, valid and credible
- an overview of how to analyse and interpret case study data, and reporting findings so they are effectively utilised
Participants are invited to bring data from ongoing or completed case study evaluations they have conducted or been involved with to share and develop in the workshop.
Helen Simons is Professor of Evaluation and Education at the University of Southampton and an independent evaluation consultant. Helen’s research in the field of evaluation over thirty years has focused on democratic processes, ethics, case study methodology, program, policy & institutional self-evaluation, and, more recently, evaluation and the arts. She has written widely on the theory and practice of evaluation, case study methodology, evidence-based practice and the ethics of evaluation. Her most recent book Case Study Research in Practice was published in 2009 by Sage.