Study level: Undergraduate study programme in psychology
Lecturers: Vesna Buško
ECTS: 4
Language: Croatian
Semester: 5th (winter)
Status: elective
Form of instruction with class hours: 30 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars
Prerequisites: Introduction to methodology of experimental psychology, Statistics in psychology II
Student evaluation: written exam
Course description
Basic concepts in treatment evaluation; Types of psychosocial interventions and the meaning of their evaluation; Theoretical, methodological, and applied aspects of treatment evaluation; Rationale of evaluation procedures; Main types of program evaluation; Evaluation models; Evaluation research designs; Planning of evaluation process (deciding on aims and objectives, criteria and standards for the evaluation of program outcomes and effectiveness, choice of research design, sources and ways of evaluation data collection, data analyses); Reporting on evaluation results (structure and the elements of evaluation report, adjustment to users).
Course objectives
The course aims at making students capable of (a) individual and team-work in planning and designing evaluation research, (b) implementation of program evaluation within specific domains, and (c) communication of the results of evaluation procedures.
Required readings
Kulenović,
A. (1996). Evaluacija psihosocijalnih intervencija. U: Pregrad, J.
(Ur.) Stres, trauma, oporavak (269-291). Zagreb: Društvo za psihološku
pomoć.
Posavac, E. J., & Carey, R. G. (2003). Program Evaluation - Methods and Case Studies. (6th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Recommended readings
Rossi, P. H., & Freeman, H. F. (2003). Evaluation. London: Sage.
Rosekrans, F. (1990). Psihoterapija s gledišta nespecifičnih rezultata i uvjeravanja. Primijenjena psihologija, 11, 36-46.