title: Evaluation of nursing education programmes--theory and practice.
abstract: In this paper, the history of educational evaluation is considered through a review of the literature, in order to try and understand how current evaluation methods have developed. It is important that a historical perspective is gained, as there has been a big shift in thinking from a strongly behaviourist code of practice to a more investigative and less prescriptive approach, during the relatively short time span that evaluation has had to develop as a subject in its own right. The application of the theory to practice is also considered in terms of a working evaluation model developed through work on continuing education courses in Scotland.
authors.affiliation: Sorrel Healthcare Research and Consultancy, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Whiteley
mesh_terms: D001525:Behavioral Sciences; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care