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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... smoking initiatives from overseas , only for them to run cold here quite inexplicably . E.B .: Ahhhh , the duplicity of duplication . A.T .: Two of the potentially finest school smoking education projects in Britain are the Family Smoking ...
... smoking initiatives from overseas , only for them to run cold here quite inexplicably . E.B .: Ahhhh , the duplicity of duplication . A.T .: Two of the potentially finest school smoking education projects in Britain are the Family Smoking ...
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... smoking theories cover everything from breaking the con- spiracy of tobacco capitalism to subjugate worker - smokers ... Smoking Education project and Smoking and Me ? A.T .: I'm not certain . I've only read the evaluations and , as you ...
... smoking theories cover everything from breaking the con- spiracy of tobacco capitalism to subjugate worker - smokers ... Smoking Education project and Smoking and Me ? A.T .: I'm not certain . I've only read the evaluations and , as you ...
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... smoking prevention program will trigger a mechanism effecting a change in smoking behaviour only if the surrounding circumstances are right . What you are saying is that in order to do our evaluations we need a theory anticipating which ...
... smoking prevention program will trigger a mechanism effecting a change in smoking behaviour only if the surrounding circumstances are right . What you are saying is that in order to do our evaluations we need a theory anticipating which ...
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Utilizing Stakeholders Knowledge | 153 |
Realizing the Potential | 200 |
The New Rules of Realistic Evaluation | 214 |
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