Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring
and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with
program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn
Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton
draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty,
nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a
range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective
principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and
taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis
situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the
book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing
style, "closer look" sidebars, and summary tables. Provided is
essential guidance for making evaluations useful, practical, and
credible in support of social change. See also Developmental
Evaluation Exemplars, edited by Michael Quinn Patton, Kate McKegg, and
Nan Wehipeihana, which presents 12 in-depth case studies.
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ISBN
9781609180911
Publisert
2014
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Vendor
The Guilford Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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