An Interpersonal Skills Learning Taxonomy for Program Evaluation Instructors
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2012
Subject Area
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Abstract
Anyone who trains others in the practice of program evaluation should be aware of how necessary it is for the practitioner to maneuver the interpersonal dynamics within a program evaluation setting. This paper discusses why interpersonal skills are an invaluable tool for any program evaluator, which interpersonal skills are most important, and how instructors can integrate these skills in classroom activities and assess student learning. In fact, how instructors choose to use interpersonal skills as an objective in their program evaluation classrooms influences the level of skill development acquired by the student. This work merges a combination of Dreyfus and Dreyfus’s (1980) five-stage skill development model and Glaser’s (1983) behavioral approach with Bloom et al.’s (1956) taxonomy of cognitive learning objectives to construct a taxonomy of interpersonal skill competence for program evaluators that bridges the gap between theory and practice.
Publication Title
Journal of Public Affairs Education
Volume
18
Issue
4
First Page
739
Last Page
756
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/15236803.2012.12001711
ISSN
15236803
E-ISSN
23289643
Citation Information
Christie. (2012). An Interpersonal Skills Learning Taxonomy for Program Evaluation Instructors. Journal of Public Affairs Education : J-PAE., 18(4), 739–756. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2012.12001711