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EDA833: Monitoring and Evaluation
EDA 833 Monitoring and Evaluation in Educational management is a First Semester Course. It is a year one, 2 (two) credit units and 700-level elective course available for all students offering M.Ed. Administration and Planning. It may also be taken by candidates who wish to learn about the activities involved in Monitoring and Evaluation in Educational Management. The course will expose you to an understanding of the functions involved in Monitoring and Evaluation. It will assist you to be able to apply some of the concepts and principles of monitoring and evaluation to actual school management practice.
What Will You Learn?
The main aim of Monitoring and Evaluation in Educational Management is to acquaint you with important principles and techniques of school monitoring and evaluation. The context in which these strategies are used will be discussed. The management functions of the school principal will be described. External agencies which assist the school head in monitoring and evaluating the activities of the school will be highlighted. During the course of his job performance as a principal, the school head monitors and appraises the entire operations of the school. The approaches he devices to do these are part of the things you will learn in this course.
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On successful completion of the course you should be able to:
1. Define the terms monitoring, evaluation, effectiveness, and accountability.
2. Explain the nature of monitoring and evaluation.
3. Describe the main types of evaluation.
4. State the importance of evaluation.
5. Outline the purposes of evaluation.
6. Outline the reasons for establishing standards of accountability.
7. Identify the functions of evaluation.
8. Describe the factors of effective school management.
9. Explain the relationship between evaluation and effectiveness of school management.
The course will expose you to the main characteristics of school effectiveness. Some of the records and forms used in monitoring and evaluating students and teacher’s performance will be examined. The course will enrich your knowledge of school practices in the area of evaluation and it will prepare you to be able to face the challenges of monitoring and evaluation in the school system in Nigeria.
To complete this course you are required to read each study unit, read the set books and read other materials which may be provided by the National Open University of Nigeria. Each unit contains self-assessment exercises, and at point in the course you are required to submit assignments for assessment purposes. At the end of the course there is a final examination. The course should take you about 17 weeks in total to complete. Below you will find all the components of the course, what you have to do and how you should allocate your time to each unit in order to complete the course on time and successfully.
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