Realistic EvaluationSAGE Publications, 1997 M06 23 - 235 páginas Realistic Evaluation shows how programme evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered. It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a `manifesto' and `handbook' for a fresh approach. The main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies. The authors call this new approach `realistic evaluation'. The name reflects the paradigm's foundation in scientific realist philosophy, its commitment to the idea that programmes deal with real problems rather than mere social constructions, and its primary intention, which is to inform realistic developm |
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... evaluators . The fol- lowing statements will thus only gain currency if many more evaluators adopt the rules by adapting them . Rule 1 : generative causation Evaluators need to attend to how and why social programs have the potential to ...
... evaluators . The fol- lowing statements will thus only gain currency if many more evaluators adopt the rules by adapting them . Rule 1 : generative causation Evaluators need to attend to how and why social programs have the potential to ...
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... evaluations need to grasp how the changes introduced inform and alter the balance of the constrained choices of participants . Rule 3 : Mechanisms Evaluators need to focus on how the causal mechanisms which generate social and ...
... evaluations need to grasp how the changes introduced inform and alter the balance of the constrained choices of participants . Rule 3 : Mechanisms Evaluators need to focus on how the causal mechanisms which generate social and ...
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... Evaluators need to understand what are the outcomes of an initiative and how they are produced . Outcomes provide the key evidence for the realist evaluator in any recommendation to mount , monitor , modify or mothball a program ...
... Evaluators need to understand what are the outcomes of an initiative and how they are produced . Outcomes provide the key evidence for the realist evaluator in any recommendation to mount , monitor , modify or mothball a program ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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