Realistic EvaluationRealistic 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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It is one of the commonest experiences of program practitioners that they have a
sense of the ' type ' of subjects for whom a program is particularly salient . This is
a rather everyday piece of wisdom , the significance of which will be returned to ...
It is one of the commonest experiences of program practitioners that they have a
sense of the ' type ' of subjects for whom a program is particularly salient . This is
a rather everyday piece of wisdom , the significance of which will be returned to ...
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Thus it relates the classroom experience to broader concerns about prison and
after , and indicates some potential pathways to rehabilitation . It contains ( and
this is the important bit ) the accumulated wisdom of practitioners on a range of ...
Thus it relates the classroom experience to broader concerns about prison and
after , and indicates some potential pathways to rehabilitation . It contains ( and
this is the important bit ) the accumulated wisdom of practitioners on a range of ...
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On the basis of long experience of the policy / research interface as a former
Head of the US General Accounting Office ' s Program Evaluation and
Methodology Division , she commends the enterprise of evaluation to the
decision maker on ...
On the basis of long experience of the policy / research interface as a former
Head of the US General Accounting Office ' s Program Evaluation and
Methodology Division , she commends the enterprise of evaluation to the
decision maker on ...
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| Título | Realistic Evaluation |
| Autores | Ray Pawson, Nicholas Tilley, Nick Tilley |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa |
| Editor | SAGE Publications, 1997 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 9 Dic. 2009 |
| ISBN | 0761950087, 9780761950080 |
| Largo | 235 páginas |
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