Authors: John M. Owen, Marvin C. Alkin
ISBN-13: 9781593854065, ISBN-10: 1593854064
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Date Published: November 2006
Edition: 3rd Edition
John M. Owen is Principal Fellow at the Centre for Program Evaluation at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Thoroughly revised to incorporate recent research on evaluation and new examples of good practice in the United States and around the world, Program Evaluation, Third Edition, provides a conceptual and practical overview of the evaluation process in real-world educational, organizational, and social service settings. Owen helps students and practitioners compare and select from an array of evaluation approaches by providing an original conceptual framework for the five major forms of evaluative inquiry: proactive, clarificative, interactive, monitoring, and impact. Retaining the issues-driven perspective that made previous editions so popular, the third edition includes a new chapter on evaluation management and new sections on negotiation theory, evidence-based practice, performance auditing and management, and realistic evaluation.
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Acknowledgments | ||
1 | Evaluation Fundamentals | 1 |
2 | The Nature of Interventions: What We Evaluate | 22 |
3 | Focusing Evaluation: Evaluation Forms and Approaches | 39 |
4 | Negotiating an Evaluation Plan: The Importance of Negotiation and Planning | 63 |
5 | From Evaluation Questions to Evaluation Findings | 86 |
6 | From Evaluation Findings to Utilisation | 105 |
7 | Key Players and Resources | 132 |
8 | Codes of Behaviour for Evaluators | 151 |
9 | Proactive Evaluation | 170 |
10 | Clarificative Evaluation | 190 |
11 | Interactive Evaluation | 220 |
12 | Monitoring Evaluation | 239 |
13 | Impact Evaluation | 263 |
Index | 308 |