Date
5-22-2024
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD)
Chair
Matthew Ozolnieks
Keywords
adult learning theory, Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework, lived experiences, online training, professional development programs
Disciplines
Education
Recommended Citation
Bishop, Judine Eleanor, "Learners' Lived Experiences for Filling Out a Professional Development Program's Formal Evaluation After Learning About the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework: A Transcendental Phenomenology Study" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5599.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5599
Abstract
The purpose of this transcendental phenomenology study was to discover learners’ lived experiences for filling out a formal evaluation to complete a professional development program about the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework for African American librarians and educators who are members of a Black Caucus affiliate group. The theory guiding this study was the adult learning theory by Knowles et al., who hypothesized that adults learn by using self-direction to build on their experiences knowing why training courses will benefit their lives. The adult learning theory provided a framework to answer the central research question and two sub-questions: (CRQ) What are learners’ lived experiences for filling out a professional development program’s formal evaluation after learning about the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework? (SQ1) What happened with learners’ lived experiences for determining the need or creating a strategy from an evaluation after completing a professional development program? (SQ2) What happened with learners’ lived experiences for implementing a strategy or assessing the fulfillment from an evaluation after completing a professional developmental program? Participants were selected from a purposeful sampling of those who filled out a formal evaluation to complete an online self-paced training course about the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Framework. The data was analyzed and synthesized from data collection methods of journal prompts, a focus group, and the researcher’s observations, then analyzed using Moustakas’s method for evaluating phenomenological data. Data collection results generated commonalities and themes from the literature review. Empirical, practical, and theoretical implications of the data analysis and recommendations for future research were identified.
