Archive for the Research and Evaluation category

Thoughts on visit to Guan Ai

Posted on July 20th, 2008 in Committees, Personal Impact, RCEF, Research and Evaluation.

中文翻译在英文后面。Yishin Khoo is the director of Research and Evaluation Committee in RCEF. In this post she shares her observations and thoughts after her visit to Guan Ai School in June.
After returning home from Guan Ai, I decided to revisit what REC can do to support the Integrated Rural Education Program (IREP) and refine its [...]

Runzhen, Shaanxi: Evaluating the Volunteer Program

Posted on January 15th, 2008 in Personal Impact, Research and Evaluation, Volunteer Program.

After the 2007 Summer Volunteer Program ended, volunteer Jikky Lam stayed in China to conduct a half-year research internship with RCEF. Her job was to evaluate the Summer Volunteer Program by returning to village schools and interviewing the students, teachers, and villagers about their experience with RCEF. Below are her reflections on her trip to [...]

Jikky Lam’s evaluation report from Henan site

Posted on December 5th, 2007 in Personal Impact, Research and Evaluation, Volunteer Program.

In November, RCEF Intern and VP07 volunteer Jikky Lam went to Dayang Village, Henan Province (河南大杨村) to investigate the impact of the Volunteer Program 2007 on the children. She used a variety of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. Here is what she wrote during her stay:
“Until now I’ve been doing written questionnaires with three grades [...]