A formative-summative evaluation of the European studies curriculum

• Main Authors: Dy, Eva Janelle T., Inigo, Zenylyn L., Lopez, Leonard O.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Curriculum > Evaluation; De La Salle University > Curricula; Educational evaluation; Educational surveys; International and Area Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6864
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper is about the Formative-Summative Evaluation of the European Studies Curriculum. This study attempted to evaluate the European Studies Curriculum of De La Salle University. The evaluation was done by the European Studies graduates. The instruments used were survey and in-depth interview. Surveys were distributed among the graduates while interviews were conducted to four graduates only-two of these graduates having a job related to the European Studies curriculum the other, their exact opposite. Data gathering was done during the second week of the third trimester of 1996-1997. Phone brigades and personal meetings with the respondents were conducted. Gathered data were analyzed by tallying the individual responses results were then presented in a tabular form. Interviews and responses from open-ended questions were content analyzed. As for the result, the researchers found out that most of the graduates are females and most of them are shiftees. The main reason why the graduates entered the curriculum is because they are interested on it. The graduates expected to learn about politics, culture, languages and history concerning Europe. These were actually met by the curriculum at a great extent. As for the different aspects of the curriculum, the graduates were moderately satisfied with the teaching competencies of the faculty, course offerings, supplementary activities, textbooks and content of major subjects. The graduates considered the subject- Foreign Language as very useful in preparing them in their occupation. From the data gathered, the researchers conclude that the European Studies is effective. One way or the other, the graduates were satisfied with the curriculum.