Fundamental Issues in Evaluation

Author： Smith> Nick L.

Publisher： Guilford Publications Inc‎

Publication year： 2007

E-ISBN: 9781606232163

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781593856045

Subject： C91-03 sociological methodology

Keyword：心理学,护理学,临床医学,社会科学理论与方法论,哲学理论,教育学,教育,管理学,经济计划与管理

Language： ENG

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Description

Providing state-of-the-art perspectives on what evaluation is, its purpose, and how to ensure it is done well, this book brings together major evaluation researchers from a variety of social and behavioral science disciplines. Each chapter identifies a fundamental issue facing the field today; considers its implications for theory, method, practice, or the profession; and explores one or more approaches to dealing with the issue. Among the topics addressed are the nature of expertise in evaluation, how to build a better evidence base for evaluation theory, promoting cultural competence in evaluation, how to synthesize evaluation research findings, ways to involve stakeholders in decision making, and much more.

Chapter

Cover

Preface

TOC$Contents

CH$Chapter 1. Fundamental Issues in Evaluation

Part I. Issues of Theory

CH$Chapter 2. The Relevance of Practical Knowledge Traditions to Evaluation Practice

CH$Chapter 3. Stakeholder Representation in Culturally Complex Communities: Insights from the Transformative Paradigm

Part II. Issues of Method

CH$Chapter 4. Multiple Threats to the Validity of Randomized Studies

CH$Chapter 5. Research Synthesis: Toward Broad-Based Evidence

CH$Chapter 6. Building a Better Evidence Base for Evaluation Theory: Beyond General Calls to a Framework of Types of Research on Evaluation

Part III. Issues of Practice

CH$Chapter 7. Complexities in Setting Program Standards in Collaborative Evaluation

CH$Chapter 8. Building Evaluation Recommendations for Improvement: Insights from Student Formative Assessments

Part IV. Issues of the Profession

CH$Chapter 9. What Is the Difference between Evaluation and Research - and Why Do We Care?

CH$Chapter 10. The Impact of Narrow Views of Scientific Rigor on Evaluation Practices for Underrepresented Groups

CH$Chapter 11. Improving the Practice of Evaluation through Indigenous Values and Methods: Decolonizing Evaluation Practice - Returning the Gaze from Hawai'i and Aotearoa

Author Index

IDX$Subject Index

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