Exploring the Suitability of an English for Health Sciences Program: Model and Report of a Self-Evaluation Process

Autor/inn/en	Ferrer, Erica; Pérez, Yuddy
Titel	Exploring the Suitability of an English for Health Sciences Program: Model and Report of a Self-Evaluation Process
Quelle	In: Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 10 (2017) 1, S.17-48 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ferrer, Erica) ORCID (Pérez, Yuddy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2011-6721
Schlagwörter	Health Sciences; English for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Self Evaluation (Groups); Program Evaluation; Educational Quality; Decision Making; Curriculum; Models; Foreign Countries; Grades (Scholastic); Focus Groups; Interviews; Student Attitudes; College Students; Statistical Analysis; Student Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Language Teachers; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz); Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Analogiemodell; Ausland; Notenspiegel; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Statistische Analyse; Schülerbefragung; Lehrerverhalten; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Kolumbien
Abstract	Program evaluation is a process of carefully collecting information in order to make informed decisions to strengthen specific components of a given program. The type of evaluation an institution decides to undertake depends on the purpose as well as on the information the institution wants to find out about its program. Self-evaluation represents a tool that institutions can rely on to follow up on the quality and pertinence of their programs. This tool can provide important information in relation to the relevance of outcomes, content, methodology, materials, and assessment along with the perceptions of the program from stakeholders such as students, teachers, and administrators. The results of a self-evaluation can guide the decision-making process in an institution to strengthen each of the components of a set curriculum. This paper presents the self-evaluation process conducted by an English for Health Sciences program to determine the suitability of the curriculum in place. It first presents models through which a program can self-evaluate. Then, it elaborates on the model chosen and the steps followed in the self-evaluation process of the English for Health Sciences Program as well as the results obtained from the experience and the subsequent adjustments made to the program. The readers may use this experience as a point of reference to implement a similar process in their own contexts. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Universidad de La Sabana. Campus del Puente del Común, Km. 7, Autopista Norte de Bogotá. Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Tel: +57-1-861-5555 Ext 41011; e-mail: laclil@unisabana.edu.co; Web site: http://laclil.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/LACLIL/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01