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MS DIANE MCDONALD



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
Email:
Work: 8344 8330
Room: CPE
Level: 04
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Post Graduate Diploma in Community Education Caulfield Institute of Technology 31-Dec-1980
Bachelor of Arts (Social Science) La Trobe University 02-Jun-1986
Post Graduate Diploma in Evaluation University of Melbourne 05-Oct-1994
Master of Education University of Melbourne 25-Mar-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australasian Evaluation Society Member of the Australasian Evaluaiton Society 01-Jan-1994 31-Dec-2011

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
Evaluation of Phase 1 of the Primary Welfare Officer Initiative Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 17/03/2005
EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CREDIT MATRIX IN THE GIPPSLAND EDUCATION PRECINCT Chief Investigator VIC QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 01/08/2005
PROGRAM LOGIC MODEL BASED EVALUATION OF THE 4 STEPS FOR LIFE PROGRAM Chief Investigator METROPOLITAN AMBULANCE SERVICE 19/09/2006
BRIGHT FUTURES PROJECT Chief Investigator MERRI OUTREACH SUPPORT SERVICE 27/07/2007
EVALUATION OF THE SMITH FAMILY'S LEARNING FOR LIFE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Chief Investigator THE SMITH FAMILY 29/10/2007
EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF INTERVENTION ON 'FAMILIES IN CRISIS' Chief Investigator MIRABEL FOUNDATION 12/11/2007
META EVALUATION OF POSITIVE AGEING STRATEGY PROJECTS Chief Investigator DEPT OF PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 30/07/2008

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
AN EVALUATION FO THE VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF APPLIED LEARNING (VCAL) 2004 PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROJECTS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 16/07/2004

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Reports

  • Australian Government Volunteer Program Review
    Year: 2009
    Customer: AusAID
    Publisher: AusAid(Canberra)
    Authors:

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Revisiting a theory of negotiation: The utility of Markiewicz (2005) proposed six principles
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Evaluation and Program Planning
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 259-265
    Author(s):
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Reports

  • Review of the Friends of Suai Program
    Year: 2008
    Customer: City of Port Phillip
    Publisher: City of Port Phillip(Victoria)
    Authors:

Publications in 2007

Reports

  • "...It'll change your life": An Evaluation of the BRIGHT FUTURES Demonstration Project for Merri Outreach Support Service
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Merri Outreach Support Service
    Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

  • Certificates I, II and III in Active Volunteering - Case Studies


    Year: 2007
    Customer: Volunteering Australia
    Publisher: Volunteering Australia(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2006

Reports

  • "The Most Exciting Initiative in Primary Schools in a Decade": An Evaluation of the Second Phase of Primary Welfare Officer Initiative
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Victorian Department of Education and Training
    Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Broadening the Options: Real Pathways to Learning and Life. An Evaluation of the VCAL Vocational Pathway Projects (VPP) 2006
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Department of Education and Training
    Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Meta Evaluation Report of Oxfam Australia Evaluation Studies 2002-2006
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Oxfam Australia
    Publisher: Oxfam Australia
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Reports

  • Evaluation of the Implementation of the Credit Matrix in the Gippsland Education Precinct


    Year: 2005
    Customer: Victorian Qualifications Authority
    Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • It's Like Manna From Heaven: An Evaluation of the Primary Welfare Officer Initiative
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Victorian Department of Education and Training
    Publisher: Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • YCW Holdings Grant Effectiveness Review
    Year: 2005
    Customer: YCW Holdings
    Publisher: YCW Holdings
    Authors:
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