Research and Evaluation for Educational Development: Learning from the PRISM Experience in Kenya (Bristol Papers in Education) - Softcover

Michael Crossley; Andrew Herriot; Judith Waudo; Miriam Mwirotsi; Keith Holmes; Magdallen Juma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873927207 ISBN 13: 9781873927205

Publisher: Symposium Books, 2005

Synopsis

This book provides a reflective and historically situated analysis of the Kenyan Primary School Management Project (PRISM). This is carried out in the light of a broader international review of the theoretical and methodological literature relating to the role, and potential, of research and evaluation in the process of educational development. The case study of PRISM pays particular attention to the part played by collaborative and participatory research and evaluation in project development and implementation. The book is designed to be read on two main levels. Firstly, it provides a detailed, critical and empirically informed record of the Kenyan PRISM initiative. Secondly, the broader analysis explores implications for changing modalities of international development co-operation; for research and evaluation capacity building; for methodological and theoretical dimensions of development processes; and for the importance of comparative insights in understanding the processes and dilemmas of the international transfer of theories, policies and practices. CONTENTS: Dedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Educational Research and Evaluation for Development; Participatory and Collaborative Models of Research and Evaluation; Research and Evaluation for the Primary School Management Project (PRISM) in Kenya: a case study; Learning from the PRISM Experience; Conclusions: development as product or process? References; Abbreviations; Appendices; Notes on Contributors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Symposium Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1873927207
• ISBN 13: 9781873927205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144