This book, informed by the author's many years of practice in program evaluation and expertise as an anthropologist, discusses in plain prose the theory and methods of culturally-competent evaluation across a number of disciplines, such as health and education, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and professionals.



Autorentext

Butler, Mary Odell



Zusammenfassung
In an era of budgetary belt-tightening, policymakers must prove that their programs work or face drastic cuts in spending. This book, informed by the author´s many years of practice in program evaluation and expertise as an anthropologist, discusses in plain prose the theory and methods of culturally-competent evaluation across a number of disciplines, such as health and education, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and professionals. The book-guides readers through the process of evaluation in complex contexts created by cultural change, the movement of populations, economic forces and constantly emerging crises;-introduces rich ethnographic theory and methods developed by anthropologists to evaluators in other fields;-teaches anthropologists and other social scientists research techniques developed in such fields as business or public-policy evaluation;-provides a strategy for building evidence from both qualitative and quantitative sources to form conclusions that have scientific credibility.

Inhalt

Introduction; Evaluation: An Orientation for Anthropologists; Anthropology: An Orientation for Evaluators; Putting Them Together: Evaluation Anthropology; Ethics, Clearances, and Ethical Decisions; Method in Evaluation Anthropology; Jobs and Career Planning; Future Pathways;

Titel
Evaluation
Untertitel
A Cultural Systems Approach
EAN
9781315428888
ISBN
978-1-315-42888-8
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
01.07.2016
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
7.82 MB
Anzahl Seiten
219
Jahr
2016
Untertitel
Englisch