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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... data collection are all data - driven strategies . The task is thus to ascertain ( according to the favoured method ) information which is faithful to the subject's thoughts and deeds . They are thus all constructed under the working ...
... data collection are all data - driven strategies . The task is thus to ascertain ( according to the favoured method ) information which is faithful to the subject's thoughts and deeds . They are thus all constructed under the working ...
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... data collection should be democratically orga- nized to represent all views ( Guba and Lincoln , 1989 ; Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation , 1994 ) . Without any sense of priori- ties , without the notion that there ...
... data collection should be democratically orga- nized to represent all views ( Guba and Lincoln , 1989 ; Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation , 1994 ) . Without any sense of priori- ties , without the notion that there ...
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... data collection . What it means is that whilst it is quite possible to analyse down the information required in an inquiry into its component parts ( mechanisms , contexts , outcomes ) and transform these into data collection ...
... data collection . What it means is that whilst it is quite possible to analyse down the information required in an inquiry into its component parts ( mechanisms , contexts , outcomes ) and transform these into data collection ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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