title: An integrative theory-driven framework for evaluating travel training programs.
abstract: Since the 1970s, travel training programs, which provide a short-term training to people with disabilities and older people to teach them independent travel skills required to use fixed-route transportation, have spread across the United States. But the authors note that currently, there is no integrative framework for evaluating the training programs, although it is crucial for improving program implementation and developing knowledge and theories related to travel training. Therefore, this research aims to build an integrative theory-driven evaluation framework of the programs on the basis of prior studies on travel training and the literature on program evaluation and learning and training theories. The framework considers (1) a wide range of key elements related to the delivery systems and outcomes of travel training; (2) diverse stakeholders that engage in designing, operating, and assessing travel training; and (3) the short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes of the programs. Based on the framework, the authors develop a flexible logic model for travel training programs to help scholars and practitioners design and conduct actual evaluation studies. Thus, this research is expected to make theoretical and practical contributions to theory-driven program evaluation and travel training programs.
authors: School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, 411N Central Avenue, Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States. Electronic address: Chulhyun.Park@asu.edu.
authors: Chul Hyun
authors: CH
authors: Park
authors: Director of the Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy Studies (C-STEPS), School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, 411N Central Avenue, Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States. Electronic address: ericwelch@asu.edu.
authors: Eric W
authors: EW
authors: Welch
authors: Research Associate Professor at the Urban Transportation Center, Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative (METSI), College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA), University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340, Chicago, IL 60607, United States. Electronic address: sriraj@uic.edu.
authors: P S
authors: PS
authors: Sriraj
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching; D014186:Transportation; D014481:United States
keywords: Mobility for people with disabilities and older people; Program evaluation; Public transit; Theory-driven evaluation; Travel training