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Role of Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation
A Mandate for Inclusion, the Discovery of Truth and Understanding
Av Stafford Hood, Rodney Hopson m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
570 kr
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This volume seeks to address select questions drawn from the matrix of the complex issues related to culturally responsive evaluation. We ask, should evaluation be culturally responsive? Is the field heading in the right direction in its attempt to become more culturally responsive? We ask, what is …
Role of Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation
A Mandate for Inclusion, the Discovery of Truth and Understanding
Av Stafford Hood, Rodney Hopson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1062 kr
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This volume seeks to address select questions drawn from the matrix of the complex issues related to culturally responsive evaluation. We ask, should evaluation be culturally responsive? Is the field heading in the right direction in its attempt to become more culturally responsive? We ask, what is …
Participatory Evaluation Up Close
An Integration of Research-Based Knowledge
Av J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Anne Chouinard m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
616 kr
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Empiricism provides the backbone of knowledge creation within social science disciplines (e.g., psychology, sociology) and applied domains of study (e.g., education, administration) alike. Yet, relative to such domains of inquiry, comparatively little empirical research on evaluation has occurred, …
Participatory Evaluation Up Close
An Integration of Research-Based Knowledge
Av J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Anne Chouinard m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1090 kr
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Empiricism provides the backbone of knowledge creation within social science disciplines (e.g., psychology, sociology) and applied domains of study (e.g., education, administration) alike. Yet, relative to such domains of inquiry, comparatively little empirical research on evaluation has occurred, …
Emerging Practices in International Development Evaluation
Av Stewart I. Donaldson, Tarek Azzam m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
616 kr
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The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas …
Emerging Practices in International Development Evaluation
Av Stewart I. Donaldson, Tarek Azzam m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1122 kr
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The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas …
Future of Evaluation in Society
A Tribute to Michael Scriven
Häftad, 2013
549 kr
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The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often …
Future of Evaluation in Society
A Tribute to Michael Scriven
Av Stewart I. Donaldson, Stewart I. Donaldson
Inbunden, 2013
1023 kr
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The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often …
Evaluating
Values, Biases, and Practical Wisdom
Av Ernest R. House, Jennifer C. Greene
Häftad, 2014
549 kr
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In this book, Ernie House reframes how we think about evaluation by reconsidering three key concepts of values, biases, and practical wisdom. The first part of the book reconstructs core evaluation concepts, with a focus on the origins of our values and biases. The second part explores how we …
Evaluating
Values, Biases, and Practical Wisdom
Av Ernest R. House, Jennifer C. Greene
Inbunden, 2014
1023 kr
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In this book, Ernie House reframes how we think about evaluation by reconsidering three key concepts of values, biases, and practical wisdom. The first part of the book reconstructs core evaluation concepts, with a focus on the origins of our values and biases. The second part explores how we …
Continuing the Journey to Reposition Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation Theory and Practice
Av Stafford Hood, Rodney Hopson m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
704 kr
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Racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity has become of global importance in places where many never would have imagined. Increasing diversity in the U.S., Europe, Africa, New Zealand, and Asia strongly suggests that a homogeneity- based focus is rapidly becoming an historical artifact. …
Continuing the Journey to Reposition Culture and Cultural Context in Evaluation Theory and Practice
Av Stafford Hood, Rodney Hopson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1192 kr
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Racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity has become of global importance in places where many never would have imagined. Increasing diversity in the U.S., Europe, Africa, New Zealand, and Asia strongly suggests that a homogeneity- based focus is rapidly becoming an historical artifact. …
Evaluation for a Caring Society
Häftad, 2018
653 kr
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This book highlights views on responsive, participatory and democratic approaches to evaluation from an ethos of care. It critically scrutinizes and discusses the invisibility of care in our contemporary Western societies and evaluation practices that aim to measure practices by external standards. …
Evaluation for a Caring Society
Inbunden, 2018
1155 kr
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This book highlights views on responsive, participatory and democratic approaches to evaluation from an ethos of care. It critically scrutinizes and discusses the invisibility of care in our contemporary Western societies and evaluation practices that aim to measure practices by external standards. …
Outcome Harvesting
Principles, Steps, and Evaluation Applications
Häftad, 2018
653 kr
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Are you a grant maker, manager or evaluator who must assess your work to improve as well as be accountable for the use of resources and results? Does the project, program or organization you fund, manage or evaluate contend with substantial uncertainty about what to do and what will be the results? …
Outcome Harvesting
Principles, Steps, and Evaluation Applications
Inbunden, 2018
1155 kr
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Are you a grant maker, manager or evaluator who must assess your work to improve as well as be accountable for the use of resources and results? Does the project, program or organization you fund, manage or evaluate contend with substantial uncertainty about what to do and what will be the results? …
Growing the Knowledge Base in Evaluation
The Contributions of J. Bradley Cousins
Av Jill Anne Chouinard, Isabelle Bourgeois m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
549 kr
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Evaluation use was identified by Henry and Mark (2003) as being the single most studied area in the field of evaluation. They refer with a sense of nostalgia to the ‘golden age’ of research on use perhaps almost implying that it came and went. Professor J. Bradley Cousins has had a longstanding and …
Growing the Knowledge Base in Evaluation
The Contributions of J. Bradley Cousins
Av Jill Anne Chouinard, Isabelle Bourgeois m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1023 kr
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Evaluation use was identified by Henry and Mark (2003) as being the single most studied area in the field of evaluation. They refer with a sense of nostalgia to the ‘golden age’ of research on use perhaps almost implying that it came and went. Professor J. Bradley Cousins has had a longstanding and …
Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future
Av Beverly Parsons, Lovely Dhillon m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
616 kr
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Take a journey to 2030 where Visionary Evaluatives abound and link with one another in actively bringing about a sustainable, equitable future. Utilizing a creative storytelling approach, Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future brings forward the centrality of values in conjunction …
Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future
Av Beverly Parsons, Lovely Dhillon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1090 kr
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Take a journey to 2030 where Visionary Evaluatives abound and link with one another in actively bringing about a sustainable, equitable future. Utilizing a creative storytelling approach, Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future brings forward the centrality of values in conjunction …
Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society
A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin
Av Anne T. Vo, Christina A. Christie
Häftad, 2015
549 kr
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This volume addresses a fundamental and highly debated issue in the evaluation field – the use of evaluation information for decision-making. Chapter authors honor the contributions of Professor Marvin C. Alkin to the evaluation use literature and advance our thinking on the topic by exploring a …
Evaluation Use and Decision-Making in Society
A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin
Av Anne T. Vo, Christina A. Christie
Inbunden, 2015
1023 kr
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This volume addresses a fundamental and highly debated issue in the evaluation field – the use of evaluation information for decision-making. Chapter authors honor the contributions of Professor Marvin C. Alkin to the evaluation use literature and advance our thinking on the topic by exploring a …
Evaluation for an Equitable Society
Av Stewart I. Donaldson, Robert Picciotto
Häftad, 2016
634 kr
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Governments and organizations of all shapes and sizes espouse values of equity and social justice. Yet, there are many examples of unfair social arrangements and employment conditions, dysfunctional government practices, and growing income inequality in both developed and developing countries …
Evaluation for an Equitable Society
Av Stewart I. Donaldson, Robert Picciotto
Inbunden, 2016
1122 kr
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Governments and organizations of all shapes and sizes espouse values of equity and social justice. Yet, there are many examples of unfair social arrangements and employment conditions, dysfunctional government practices, and growing income inequality in both developed and developing countries …
Evaluative Research Methods
Managing the Complexities of Judgement in the Field
Av Saville Kushner, Saville Kushner m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
616 kr
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How do research students and their supervisors respond in a world of ‘fake news’, the destabilisation of public institutions and the rise of populism? The very foundations of our liberal democracies seem to be under threat, and this implicates social inquiry. Postgraduate research remains one of …
Evaluative Research Methods
Managing the Complexities of Judgement in the Field
Av Saville Kushner, Saville Kushner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1090 kr
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How do research students and their supervisors respond in a world of ‘fake news’, the destabilisation of public institutions and the rise of populism? The very foundations of our liberal democracies seem to be under threat, and this implicates social inquiry. Postgraduate research remains one of …
Democratic Evaluation and Democracy
Exploring the Reality
Häftad, 2017
616 kr
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Democratic evaluation brings a way of thinking about evaluation’s role in society and in particular, its role in strengthening social justice. Yet the reality of applying it, and what happens when it is applied particularly outside the West, is unclear. Set in South Africa, a newly formed democracy …
Democratic Evaluation and Democracy
Exploring the Reality
Inbunden, 2017
1090 kr
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Democratic evaluation brings a way of thinking about evaluation’s role in society and in particular, its role in strengthening social justice. Yet the reality of applying it, and what happens when it is applied particularly outside the West, is unclear. Set in South Africa, a newly formed democracy …
Assumptions
Complexity, Practice and Values
Av Apollo M. Nkwake, Jonathan A. Morell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1023 kr
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Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values delves into the empirical and theoretical aspects of assumptions in evaluation, offering methodologies to identify and categorize them, and exploring how they influence evaluations and each other. It provides practical guidance for evaluators to help …
Assumptions
Complexity, Practice and Values
Av Apollo M. Nkwake, Jonathan A. Morell m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
549 kr
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Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values delves into the empirical and theoretical aspects of assumptions in evaluation, offering methodologies to identify and categorize them, and exploring how they influence evaluations and each other. It provides practical guidance for evaluators to help …
