Park Chul Hyun, Welch Eric W, Sriraj P S
School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, 411N Central Avenue, Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States.
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.
Eval Program Plann. 2016 Dec;59:7-20. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.07.002. Epub 2016 Jul 18.
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.
自20世纪70年代以来，出行培训项目已在美国各地普及，该项目为残疾人和老年人提供短期培训，教授他们使用固定路线交通工具所需的独立出行技能。但作者指出，目前尚无用于评估这些培训项目的综合框架，尽管这对于改进项目实施以及发展与出行培训相关的知识和理论至关重要。因此，本研究旨在基于先前关于出行培训的研究以及项目评估、学习和培训理论方面的文献，构建一个由理论驱动的项目综合评估框架。该框架考虑了：（1）与出行培训的交付系统和成果相关的一系列关键要素；（2）参与出行培训设计、运营和评估的不同利益相关者；（3）项目的短期、中期和长期成果。基于该框架，作者为出行培训项目开发了一个灵活的逻辑模型，以帮助学者和从业者设计和开展实际评估研究。因此，预计本研究将对理论驱动的项目评估和出行培训项目做出理论和实践贡献。
