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Evaluation Foundations Revisited - Cultivating a Life of the Mind for Practice (Paperback)
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Evaluation Foundations Revisited - Cultivating a Life of the Mind for Practice (Paperback)
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Evaluation examines policies and programs across every arena of
human endeavor, from efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS to
programs that drive national science policy. Relying on a vast
array of methods, from qualitative interviewing to econometrics, it
is a "transdiscipline," as opposed to a formal area of academic
study. Accounting for these challenges, Evaluation Foundations
Revisited offers an introduction for those seeking to better
understand evaluation as a professional field. While the
acquisition of methods and methodologies to meet the needs of
certain projects is important, the foundation of evaluative
practice rests on understanding complex issues to balance.
Evaluation Foundations Revisited is an invitation to examine the
intellectual, practical, and philosophical nexus that lies at the
heart of evaluation. Thomas A. Schwandt shows how to critically
engage with the assumptions that underlie how evaluators define and
position their work, as well as how they argue for the usefulness
of evaluation in society. He looks at issues such as the role of
theory, how notions of value and valuing are understood, how
evidence is used, how evaluation is related to politics, and what
comprises scientific integrity. By coming to better understand the
foundations of evaluation, readers will develop what Schwandt terms
"a life of the mind of practice," which enables evaluators to draw
on a more holistic view to develop reasoned arguments and well
fitted techniques.
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