Leigh Deves (2011). Program evaluation in co-operative education: A dearth of standards?. Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 12(3), 149-162.
In reviewing the application of program evaluation in the field of co-operative education, this paper identifies basic deficiencies in research studies indicative of a misconception about the nature of evaluation – specifically the failure to apply standards and criteria. After discussing concept of evaluation, the paper explicates several ideas, approaches and models fundamental to evaluative practices, with particular attention to program evaluation in the context of co-operative education. The intention of this, and a subsequent paper that draws upon these models, is to assist practitioners substantiate claims of benefit attributed to cooperative education.