[hr-education] Re: Research and evaluation on impact of HRE

Dear Colleagues

I think what Kevin has given us all is the blueprint for undertaking
research on impact of HRE. IF we attempt to follow that seriously and
sincerely, then we might get the results - both qualitative and
quantitative of which Theresa wrote about.

I would like to know whether we, all list members, can collaborate on this
effort. Can HREA help us to do this?

Gauri


On Fri, 02 May 2003, Kevin Chin wrote :

>In order to document research results from initiatives, a variety 
>of systematic methods should be used in collecting data. As Theresa 
>mentioned, both quantitative and qualitative methods are powerful and 
>provide interesting results. The greater the variety of methods used, the 
>better our chances of triangulating data to interpret these results and 
>build our knowledge of the field. I have found HREA's "Evaluation in the 
>Human Rights Education Field: Getting Started" 
>(http://www.hrea.org/pubs/tibbitts97.html) a very good resource for
>starting this type of work.
>
>Results should be shared openly as lessons learned with the HRE 
>community. The Internet has made this more and more possible, and having
>a research and evaluation hub would be an excellent forum for this
>collegial initiative.
>
>The other suggestion I have is to make results understandable to 
>a variety of audiences. If results and conclusions are reported in a
>format that is unclear and inaccessible, it defeats the whole purpose of 
>contributing to knowledge-building.
>
>In closing, perhaps the most important suggestion I could put 
>forward is to have people start researching and evaluating their efforts: 
>collect stories, hand out questionnaires, observe people, all in order
>for us to learn from one other.




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