Research on Evaluation New Directions for Evaluation, Number 148 J–B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation Series
Coordonnateur : Brandon Paul R.
- the inputs into evaluations,
- the contexts within which evaluations are conducted,
- the full range of methods and activities of evaluations,
- evaluation’s proximal or distal effects, or the professional issues that evaluators encounter.
This is the 148th issue in the New Directions for Evaluation series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.
EDITORS’ NOTES 3
Paul R. Brandon
1. Research-on-Evaluation Articles Published in the American Journal of Evaluation, 1998–2014 7
Lisa M. Vallin, Joanna Philippoff, Sena Pierce, Paul R. Brandon
The authors present a summary of the research-on-evaluation articles that were published during a 14-year period in the American Journal of Evaluation (the American Evaluation Association’s flagship journal), categorized by several descriptive characteristics.
2. Methodological Trends in Research on Evaluation 17
Matt Galport, Nicole Galport
The authors examine themes in the empirical literature on evaluation methodologies published in the American Journal of Evaluation since 1998 and consider directions for future research on evaluation methods.
3. Research on Evaluation Ethics: Reflections and an Agenda 31
Michael Morris
The author presents an overview of key findings from research on evaluation ethics during the past quarter century and offers suggestions for making ethics research more useful for evaluation practice.
4. Advancing Research on Evaluation Through the Study of Context 43
Anne T. Vo, Christina A. Christie
The authors describe a framework that seeks to organize ideas for conducting research on evaluation context and use it as a basis to generate ideas for possible studies of context.
5. Using Action Design Research to Research and Develop Evaluation Practice 57
Nick L. Smith
In this chapter, the author proposes the use of Action Design Research as a case-based, practical reasoning oriented methodology for self-corrective, real-time improvement of evaluation practice.
6. Assessing the Practice Impact of Research on Evaluation 73
J. Bradley Cousins, Kateryna Svensson, Barbara Szijarto, Celine Pinsent, Caroline Andrew, John Sylvestre
The authors propose an approach that might be used to evaluate the impact of research on evaluation in practice.
7. Evaluators’ Perspectives on Research on Evaluation 89
Nicole R. Lewis, George M. Harrison, Anna F. Ah Sam, Paul R. Brandon
In this chapter, the authors report the methods and results of a questionnaire survey that addressed evaluators’ attitudes toward, beliefs about, and knowledge of research on evaluation (RoE); time and opportunities to participate in RoE; application of RoE findings; and involvement in RoE.
8. Reflections on the Future of Research on Evaluation 103
Tarek Azzam, Miriam R. Jacobson
In this chapter, the authors reflect on the potential future of research on evaluation and offer suggestions for the increased implementation and use of research on evaluation theory and practice.
INDEX 117
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