Evaluation of Professional Development
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چکیده
An essential component of professional development activities involves ongoing and systematic evaluation procedures. Few efforts have been made to evaluate the results of professional development beyond the brief responses requested at the conclusion of workshops which assess participant reaction to the session (see box). It is an especially critical time for the adult education field to emphasize the evaluation of professional development for at least two reasons: $ Given the certainty of diminishing resources and competing priorities, the luxury of unfocused and unexamined professional development no longer exists. Increasing participation and financial support by non-educational partnerships are bringing to adult education new demands for accountability.
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