CURRICULUM EVALUATION MODEL : STAKE MODEL

Robert Stake (1975) made a major contribution to curriculum evaluation in his development
of the responsive model

•   based explicitly on the assumption that the concerns of the stakeholders—those for whom the evaluation is done—should be paramount in determining the evaluation issues.

STEPS:----------

1]   The evaluator meets with clients, staff, and audiences to gain a sense of their perspectives on and        intentions regarding the evaluation.

2]    The evaluator draws on such discussions and the analysis of any documents to determine the               scope of the evaluation project.

3]     The evaluator observes the program closely to get a sense of its operation and to note any                    unintended deviations from announced intents.

4]     The evaluator discovers the stated and real purposes of the project and the concerns that various         audiences have about it and the evaluation.

5]    The evaluator identifies the issues and problems with which the evaluation should be                          concerned. For each issue and problem, the evaluator develops an evaluation design, 

       specifying the kinds of data needed.

6]   The evaluator selects the means needed to acquire the data desired. Most often, the means will be        human observers or judges.

7]   The evaluator implements the data-collection procedures.

8]   The evaluator organizes the information into themes and prepares “portrayals” that communicate        in natural ways the thematic reports. The portrayals may involve videotapes, artifacts, case                  studies, or other “faithful representations.”

9]    By again being sensitive to the concerns of the stakeholders, the evaluator decides which                    audiences require which reports and chooses formats most appropriate for given audiences. 

ADVANTAGES:-------------

•  Its sensitivity to clients.
• Their concerns and being sensitive to their values, by involving them closely throughout the evaluation,
• Flexibility: The evaluator is able to choose from a variety of methodologies once client concerns have been identified.
• Stakeholders are important.

DISADVANTAGES:-----------

Its susceptibility to manipulation by clients.

Flexibility sometimes not allow objectives to achieve.