PROGRAM DESIGN AND EVALUATION
SWP5PDE
2018
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject the focus is to provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding of program and management issues, in organisations and program design, as an organised response to social problems. Students will develop skills in program development and design, implementation, program resourcing/budgeting and evaluation.
SchoolSchool of Allied Health
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorGuinever Threlkeld
Available to Study Abroad StudentsNo
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Students must be admitted in one of the following courses: HZSK, HZSKB, HZSKW, HZSKM, HZSKP (BHS&MSW), HMSK, HMSKB, HMSKW, HMSKM, (MSW) and must have passed SWP5RSB.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Appraise organisational context and its influence on program design.
- Activities:
- Drawing on information provided in podcasts, readings and video clips of interviews from the field, students will participate in discussion of examples drawn from placement experience. Students will commence building an eportfolio after this disucssion and use this to collect learning assets and reflect on their learning throughout the subject.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills (Quantitative Literacy)
02. Apply an evidence-based approach to program design and evaluation.
- Activities:
- Drawing on information provided in readings, podcasts, and open access material students will discuss approaches and complete groupwork by applying aspects of the program logic model. Students will reflect on their learning in the eportfolio.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills (Quantitative Literacy)
03. Analyse critically the social and political contexts of program design.
- Activities:
- Through reading, podcasts and video clips of interviews from the field students will gain information to draw on during group discussion of the social and political processess evident in an identified scenario. Students will reflect on their learning in the eportfolio.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills (Quantitative Literacy)
04. Critically analyse critically relevant theoretical and empirical literature to construct problem analyses and theory of change in relation to identified social issues.
- Activities:
- Informed by literature searching, reading and open access materials, students will use peer teaching and collaboration to inform analysis and identify theory relevant to a specified social issue. Students will reflect on their learning in online discussion and the eportfolio.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills (Quantitative Literacy)
05. Design program objectives and integrated evaluation strategies.
- Activities:
- In groupwork students will complete activites focussed on elements of program design to develop skill in applying knowledge gained from readings, podcasts and open access materials. Students will draw on their eportfolios to make connections with learning across the subject.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills (Quantitative Literacy)
06. Analyse data to generate and evaluate a complex program budget
- Activities:
- Informed by reading, podcasts, open access material and video clips of interviews from the field studenhts will complete groupwork focussed on aspects of program budgetting. Students will use the eportfolio to collect learning assets and reflect on their learning.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills (Quantitative Literacy)
Subject options
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Albury-Wodonga, 2018, Week 30-34, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorGuinever Threlkeld
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online Class
Week:
30
-
33
One 2.0 hours unscheduled online class per week
on any day including weekend
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via online.
"Subject is taught over 4 weeks."
WorkShop
Week:
30
-
33
One 7.0 hours workshop per week
on weekdays
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via face-to-face.
"Quizes will be completed durng workshops in Weeks 2 and 4"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 word essay | 25 | 03, 04 | |
| Apply program logic model in one 3000 word proposal, evaluation plan and budget | submitted online | 55 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
| One 20 minute online quiz conducted in week 2 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs during workshop | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04 |
| One 20 minute quiz conducted in week 4 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs. during workshop | 10 | 02, 03, 04, 05 |
Bendigo, 2018, Week 30-34, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorDianne Cox
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online Class
Week:
30
-
33
One 2.0 hours unscheduled online class per week
on any day including weekend
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via online.
"Subject is taught over 4 weeks."
WorkShop
Week:
30
-
33
One 7.0 hours workshop per week
on weekdays
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via face-to-face.
"Quizes will be completed durng workshops in Weeks 2 and 4"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 word essay | 25 | 03, 04 | |
| Apply program logic model in one 3000 word proposal, evaluation plan and budget | submitted online | 55 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
| One 20 minute online quiz conducted in week 2 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs during workshop | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04 |
| One 20 minute quiz conducted in week 4 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs. during workshop | 10 | 02, 03, 04, 05 |
Melbourne, 2018, Week 30-34, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorRichard Polkinghorn
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online Class
Week:
30
-
33
One 2.0 hours unscheduled online class per week
on any day including weekend
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via online.
"Subject is taught over 4 weeks."
WorkShop
Week:
30
-
33
One 7.0 hours workshop per week
on weekdays
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via face-to-face.
"Quizes will be completed durng workshops in Weeks 2 and 4"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 word essay | 25 | 03, 04 | |
| Apply program logic model in one 3000 word proposal, evaluation plan and budget | submitted online | 55 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
| One 20 minute online quiz conducted in week 2 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs during workshop | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04 |
| One 20 minute quiz conducted in week 4 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs. during workshop | 10 | 02, 03, 04, 05 |
Mildura, 2018, Week 30-34, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorGuinever Threlkeld
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online Class
Week:
30
-
33
One 2.0 hours unscheduled online class per week
on any day including weekend
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via online.
"Subject is taught over 4 weeks."
WorkShop
Week:
30
-
33
One 7.0 hours workshop per week
on weekdays
during the day
from week 30 to week 33
and delivered via face-to-face.
"Quizes will be completed durng workshops in Weeks 2 and 4"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 word essay | 25 | 03, 04 | |
| Apply program logic model in one 3000 word proposal, evaluation plan and budget | submitted online | 55 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
| One 20 minute online quiz conducted in week 2 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs during workshop | 10 | 01, 02, 03, 04 |
| One 20 minute quiz conducted in week 4 (equivalent 330 words) | Scheduled in computer labs. during workshop | 10 | 02, 03, 04, 05 |