Course Overview

In this class, we will spend half our time to reading papers from top-ranked academic journals and devote the rest to the presentation and discussion of the participants’ own research papers relating to policy and programme evaluations. Hence, students are required to complete a research paper during the term of this class. When conducting their own research, students are allowed to use either primary or secondary data, and they are free to choose topics based on their own interests.

Learning Achievement

1. Review of policy evaluation – various methods and combining these methods
2.~9. Application to practice - writing analytical papers
10. Presenting own analytical paper.

Competence

1. General-propose competence: communicative ability, leadership, internationalism.
2. Degree program competence: research capability, professional knowledge.

Course prerequisites

Students are expected to have knowledge and skills of basic impact evaluation.

Grading Philosophy

Assignment (100%)

Course schedule

Course type

Class Exercises

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Matsushima Midori

Other information

Open in even number years.
Identical to 02DJ429.
Lecture is conducted in English.
授業形式はシラバスの「その他」欄で確認してください。 Students are recommended to read wide variety of academic journal papers.
Class will be conducted face-to-face

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