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Final Report to the IPRA Foundation
Evaluating Peace Education (EPE): An initiative of the International
Institute on Peace Education, a special project of Global Education Associates
Report prepared by Tony Jenkins
Project Overview
The Evaluating Peace Education (EPE) project, an initiative of the
International Institute on Peace Education (a sponsored project of Global
Education Associates) sought to develop and disseminate an adaptable
evaluation tool designed for organizations and educators engaged in peace
education, conflict resolution, and conflict transformation. This tool is
intended to aid in measuring the effectiveness of educational programs toward
nurturing students’ peace action capacities for reducing and delegitimizing
violence in all its multiple forms. The tool is intended for practitioners -
those who are on the frontlines of education evaluation and assessment.
Research Phase
In January 2008 the EPE team began researching and assessing existing
literature on peace education evaluation. The most significant theoretical
literature found was largely unpublished dissertations. During this research
phase the EPE team also attended and participated in two conferences in which
peace education evaluation was discussed and highlighted. Emma Groetzinger was
an active member of a group in Bogota, Colombia that is working with the
ministry to devise effective educational evaluation methods to measure
“citizen competencies.” This group is loosely affiliated with an evaluation
training initiative being developed by the Organization of American States
(OAS).
In March 2008 Tony Jenkins attended the 2nd International Summit on Conflict
Resolution Education sponsored by the Global Partnership for the Prevention of
Armed Conflict (GPPAC) and the International Network of Conflict Resolution
Education and Peace Education (INCREPE). GPPAC and INCREPE are conducting an
ongoing global survey of existing evaluations of peace education and conflict
resolution education programs. Their initial findings affirmed our project’s
position of the need to develop tools for educators. Their survey revealed
that while most peace education project coordinators believe evaluation is
important very few are actually conducted (less than 10% of organizations
surveyed had conducted evaluations). Most cited a lack of training and
external financial support.
Development Phase
One of the most important conclusions drawn from the research phase was the
need to forge connections between educational planning and educational
evaluation. The research team determined that planning for evaluation should
be part of the initial planning process for any peace education program or
project. When planning for evaluation is integrated into the whole-program
planning process rather than added on as an afterthought a more comprehensive
evaluation can be carried out and it may help clarify the goals of the program
itself. From an educator’s perspective planning for evaluation is also
critically important for intentional, effective teaching. By identifying the
educational goals and learning objectives in the planning process a learning
framework is developed that can be used as a guide in assuring the
intentionality of the learning at all phases of the program. These goals and
objectives in turn become the measurable base-line for assessing the impacts
and outcomes of the learning. The evaluation tool we’ve developed emphasizes
this connection.
Evaluation Tool Outline
Following is a short outline of the evaluation tool publication:
PART I: Evaluation in Peace Education
The Need
The Practice
Evaluation as Planning
PART II: Developing and using your own Evaluation Tool
Using the Tool
Activity 1: Educational Planning
Learning Outcomes Framework
Activity 2: Creating Evaluation Tools
Interpreting Results
Appendixes
Distribution and Testing
After some final edits and layout, the final phase of this project will be to
distribute and test the use of the tool with educators participating in Global
Education Associates sponsored projects. After initial feedback and
modifications we intend to distribute the tool freely through the Global
Campaign for Peace Education and other established list-serves.
Budget Report
Expenses
EPE Project Coordination – Emma Groetzinger
$2,500
(lead researcher – honorarium)
Travel and Conference Fees
$ 400
(2nd International Summit on Conflict Resolution Education)
Office supplies (printing, paper, phone, etc)
$ 100
Project Budget Balance
$3,000
-Report prepared 10-15-08
Tony Jenkins