TY  - BOOK
AU  - Donaldson,Stewart I.
TI  - INTRODUCTION TO THEORY-DRIVEN PROGRAM EVALUATION: culturally responsive and strengths-focused... applications
SN  - 9781000430462
U1  - 001.4 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - [S.l.]
PB  - ROUTLEDGE
KW  - Evaluation research (Social action programs)
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Social service
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Communication in social action
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Total Quality Management
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - EDUCATION / Evaluation
KW  - MEDICAL / Occupational & Industrial Medicine
N2  - Introduction to Theory-Driven Program Evaluation provides a clear guide for practicing evaluation science, and numerous examples of how these evaluations actually unfold in contemporary practice. A special emphasis is placed how to conduct theory-driven program evaluations that are culturally responsive and strengths-focused. In this thoroughly revised new edition, author Stewart I. Donaldson provides a state-of-the art treatment of the basics of conducting theory-driven program evaluations. Each case follows a three-step model: developing program impact theory; formulating and prioritizing evaluation questions; and answering evaluation questions. The initial chapters discuss the evolution and popularity of theory-driven program evaluation, as well as step-by-step guide for culturally responsive and strengths-focused applications. Succeeding chapters provide actual cases and discuss the practical implications of theory-driven evaluation science. Reflections, challenges, and lessons learned across numerous cases from practices are discussed. The volume is of significant value to practicing evaluators, professors of introductory evaluation courses and their students, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and serves as a text or a supplementary text for a wide range of evaluation and applied research courses. It is also of great interest to those interested in the connections between work and health, well-being, career development, human service organizations, and organizational improvement and effectiveness
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429353277
ER  -