World Languages: AAUSC 2014 Volume - Issues in Language Program Direction : Innovation and Accountability in Language Program Evaluation by John Norris download book EPUB, DJV, PDF
9781305275096 1305275098 FL programs are facing the increased need to engage with forces like accountability and accreditation, to express and ensure their value through outcomes assessment, and to begin to think, innovate, and behave programmatically. Key to enacting these changes systematically and effectively is heightened awareness of the importance of program evaluation, not only as a means to demonstrate how and why FL study is a valuable pursuit in today's world, but also as a process through which sound improvements can be made, participants can learn, and educational relevance can be sought. This volume provides language program directors with an overview of innovative methodologies, guidelines, and frameworks in language program evaluation and includes topics such as the integration of professional standards, university benchmarks, departmental goals, and outcomes assessment in language program evaluation. Ideas and examples emanating from the volume should equip language program directors with tools and knowledge to help innovate and otherwise transform their language programs. Endorsed by the AAUSC and published by Cengage Learning, the Issues in Language Program Direction series strives to further AAUSC goals-improving second language instruction by developing language training programs, promoting research in second language acquisition, and establishing a forum for exchanging ideas, experiences, and materials among language programs. Book jacket., This volume provides language program directors with an overview of innovative methodologies, guidelines, and frameworks in language program evaluation and focuses on topics such as the integration of professional standards, university benchmarks, departmental goals, and outcomes assessment in language program evaluation. These ideas and examples equip language program directors with the essential tools and knowledge to help innovate and transform their language programs.
9781305275096 1305275098 FL programs are facing the increased need to engage with forces like accountability and accreditation, to express and ensure their value through outcomes assessment, and to begin to think, innovate, and behave programmatically. Key to enacting these changes systematically and effectively is heightened awareness of the importance of program evaluation, not only as a means to demonstrate how and why FL study is a valuable pursuit in today's world, but also as a process through which sound improvements can be made, participants can learn, and educational relevance can be sought. This volume provides language program directors with an overview of innovative methodologies, guidelines, and frameworks in language program evaluation and includes topics such as the integration of professional standards, university benchmarks, departmental goals, and outcomes assessment in language program evaluation. Ideas and examples emanating from the volume should equip language program directors with tools and knowledge to help innovate and otherwise transform their language programs. Endorsed by the AAUSC and published by Cengage Learning, the Issues in Language Program Direction series strives to further AAUSC goals-improving second language instruction by developing language training programs, promoting research in second language acquisition, and establishing a forum for exchanging ideas, experiences, and materials among language programs. Book jacket., This volume provides language program directors with an overview of innovative methodologies, guidelines, and frameworks in language program evaluation and focuses on topics such as the integration of professional standards, university benchmarks, departmental goals, and outcomes assessment in language program evaluation. These ideas and examples equip language program directors with the essential tools and knowledge to help innovate and transform their language programs.