The Trail, 1965-04-09

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UNLV College of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter

Each morning I wound my way up the steep hill along the deeply rutted dirt path, exchanging daily maaa\u27s with five bleating sheep and shouting out, ¡Hola! in response to the children who gleefully identified me as ¡Gringa! Women and children, colorful bowls of cooked maize balanced atop their heads, sauntered to and from Maria Elena\u27s where their maize would be ground; at home the dough would be shaped and flattened into tortillas, the mainstay of every meal in the small Guatemalan village of San Juan

Reviews

The following publications have been reviewed by the mentioned authors;Technology Education - A World Wide Concern - reviewed by Dr Thomas GinnerLiving Materials - Practical Activities in Science and Technology - reviewed by David FosterSTEP Design and Technology: Resistant Materials - reviewed by Les PorterSTEP Design and Technology: Food - reviewed by Jenny JupeTERU Diagnostic Tests in Design and Technology - reviewed by Bill GoddardUnderstanding Practice in Design and Technology - reviewed by Melanie FasciatoTeaching Design and Technology - reviewed by John HillD&T Alive at Alton Towers Key Stage 3 - reviewed by John DurrellSucceeding with Autocad - reviewed by P WhittakerTIckle the Senses! - reviewed by Ali FarrellThe Fast Food Diner - reviewed by Margaret Jepso

Empty rituals? A qualitative study of users’ experience of monitoring & evaluation systems in HIV interventions in western India

In global health initiatives, particularly in the context of private philanthropy and its ‘business minded’ approach, detailed programme data plays an increasing role in informing assessments, improvements, evaluations, and ultimately continuation or discontinuation of funds for individual programmes. The HIV/AIDS literature predominantly treats monitoring as unproblematic. However, the social science of audit and indicators emphasises the constitutive power of indicators, noting that their effects at a grassroots level are often at odds with the goals specified in policy. This paper investigates users' experiences of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems in the context of HIV interventions in western India. Six focus groups (totalling 51 participants) were held with employees of 6 different NGOs working for government or philanthropy-funded HIV interventions for sex workers in western India. Ten donor employees were interviewed. Thematic analysis was conducted. NGO employees described a major gap between what they considered their “real work” and the indicators used to monitor it. They could explain the official purposes of M&E systems in terms of programme improvement and financial accountability. More cynically, they valued M&E experience on their CVs and the rhetorical role of data in demonstrating their achievements. They believed that inappropriate and unethical means were being used to meet targets, including incentives and coercion, and criticised indicators for being misleading and inflexible. Donor employees valued the role of M&E in programme improvement, financial accountability, and professionalising NGO-donor relationships. However, they were suspicious that NGOs might be falsifying data, criticised the insensitivity of indicators, and complained that data were under-used. For its users, M& E appears an ‘empty ritual’, enacted because donors require it, but not put to local use. In this context, monitoring is constituted as an instrument of performance management rather than as a means of rational programme improvement

1974: Abilene Christian College Bible Lectures - Full Text

DISCIPLESHIP Being the Abilene Christian College Annual Bible Lectures 1974 Published by ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Book Store ACC Station Abilene, Texas 7960

Reviews

The following publications have been reviewed by the mentioned authors;Technology Education for Teachers - reviewed by Bill GoddardUnderstanding Design and Technology Key Stage 2 & 3 - reviewed by Melanie FasciatoElectronics Tasks and Assignments - reviewed by Trevor TaylorOutline Scheme of Work 'Working towards Capability' - reviewed by Bill GoddardCADpius - reviewed by Les PorterTechnology 1 - reviewed by Richard AgerDigital Electronics - reviewed by David FosterAn Introduction to Usability - reviewed by Anne RiggsHow do they do that? - reviewed by Jonty KinsellaD & T Routes: Graphic Products - reviewed by George AsquithD & T Routes: Textiles - reviewed by Jillian MellorD & T Routes: Resistant Materials - reviewed by Chris SnellD & T Routes: Food - reviewed by Margaret JepsonD & T Routes: Control Products - reviewed by Chris WoodD & T Routes: Core Book - reviewed by Jenny JupeD & T Routes: Teacher's Resource - reviewed by Jenny Jup

Valuing Nature through multiple lenses: highlights from the Valuing Nature PCT Programme (2014–2021)

This is the final report for the Valuing Nature Programme. The aim of the report is less about sharing its achievements, but about discussing what worked and what did not work as well, in the hope that recently initiated and future programmes may benefit from the lessons learned

Expressions 1986

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