Description
I. The Landscape of Evaluation 1. Introduction to Evaluation: Defining Terms and Ethical Considerations 2. Framing Evaluation: Paradigms, Branches, and Theories II. Historical and Contemporary Evaluation Paradigms, Branches, Theories, and Approaches 3. The Postpositivist Paradigm and the Methods Branch 4. The Pragmatic Paradigm and the Use Branch 5. The Constructivist Paradigm and the Values Branch 6. The Transformative Paradigm and the Social Justice Branch III. Planning Evaluations 7. Working with Stakeholders: Establishing the Context and the Evaluand 8. Evaluation Purposes, Types, and Questions 9. Evaluation Designs 10. Data Collection Strategies and Indicators 11. Stakeholders, Participants, and Sampling 12. Data Analysis and Interpretation IV. Implementation in Evaluation: Communication and Utilization of Findings, Management, Meta-Evaluation, and Challenges 13. Communication and Utilization of Findings 14. Meta-Evaluation and Project Management 15. Perennial and Emerging Issues in Evaluation Abbreviation Dictionary Glossary References