YOCOMO - Assessing and Evaluating attitudes - European Training Strategy

Assessing and evaluating

… means developing evaluative practices to assess and implement appropriate change. Youth workers work to help and empower young people, the environment, and society to change for the better – supporting the development of collective and solidarity actions that stimulate change and transformation. Youth workers support actions that change policy and practice. This section also requires them to pay attention to the data gathered through online and digital tools.

The single attitudes are summarised in different headlines that illustrate what “assessing and evaluating” means for youth workers attitude-wise. The “clusters” do not name attitudes as such; these can be found through clicking on the lists.

Approaches and tools for assessment and evaluation are needed for implementing change. + -

The connected attitudes are:

readiness to learn about evaluation and assessment
openness to different evaluation and [self-] assessment approaches in non-formal learning environments
awareness of the fact that no information/data is 100% reliable (with regard to its collection and use)

Youth workers contribute to processes of change. + -

Their attitudes may focus on:

the readiness to be challenged and challenge others with regard to transformation
their interest in processes of change

Outcomes of evaluation help to develop the practice of youth work and can be disseminated to generate change. + -

Thus, for youth workers helpful attitudes are:

openness to evaluating their own impact on the project and vice versa
willingness to find the learning and enact positive changes from more critical evaluation results
readiness to think long-term about the impact of the project on participants’ respective communities, resources and the environment
readiness to present and share the outcomes of a project to/with a wider audience

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