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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Practical Participatory Evaluation"”.
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A practical-participatory evaluation of a racial diversity education program for police recruits
The purpose of this study was to use a practical–participatory evaluative method (Cousins & Whitmore, 1998) to develop and critically evaluate a diversity education program for police recruits. The Policing in a Multiracial Society Program (PMSP) was developed on the basis of the literature and …
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Evaluating micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) development programmes in Mexico: a practical participatory approach
This thesis is about a participatory approach to evaluation of development programmes for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Mexico. It advocates the use of intangible factors (stakeholders' claims, concerns and issues) and the participation of stakeholders in the process of …
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Theory Building Through Praxis Discourse: A Theory- And Practice-Informed Model of Transformative Participatory Evaluation
<p>Stakeholder participation in evaluation, where the evaluator engages stakeholders in the process, is prevalent in evaluation practice and is an important focus of evaluation research. Cousins and Whitmore proposed a bifurcation of participatory evaluation into the two streams of transformative …
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Exploring How Program Community Members Are Engaged in Evaluation Projects
… engage program community members in their evaluation projects. While there are ongoing debates on its efficacy, evaluation engagement is a widely discussed topic among evaluation practitioners and scholars. However, despite the growth in the literature surrounding engaging program community …
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Wise Practices in Indigenous Program Evaluation
… explores approaches and methodologies of program evaluation in the context of Indigenous programs that are operated by or funded by non-Indigenous organizations. It asks two research questions: a) What constitutes Indigenous program evaluation? and b) How can program evaluation successfully …
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A Social Identity Theory Approach to the Acceptance of Negative Evaluation Results
… is difficult for stakeholders to accept negative evaluation results (Carter, 1971; Taut & Brauns, 2003). There is a need for additional research on evaluation to better understand when and why stakeholders reject negative or critical evaluation findings. Drawing on social identity theory (SIT), …