
Small-Scale Evaluation
Principles and Practice
Colin Robson(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. December 1999
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-0-7619-5509-2 (ISBN)
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Description
How can evaluation be used most effectively, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods? Colin Robson provides guidance in a clear and uncluttered way. The issue of collaboration is examined step-by-step; stakeholder models are compared with techniques such as participatory evaluation and practitioner-centred action research; ethical and political considerations are placed in context; and the best ways of communicating findings are discussed. Each chapter is illustrated with helpful exercises to show the practical application of the issues covered, making this an invaluable introduction for anyone new to evaluation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-5509-2 (9780761955092)
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Colin Robson is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Human & Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield. He directed a series of local, regional and national research and evaluation projects, mainly in aspects of special educational needs, at Huddersfield in association with the Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester. He subsequently was a supervisor for over twenty research students, mainly at Doctoral level, covering a wide range of disciplines - education, social work, management, music, and aspects of health, including nursing, midwifery and osteopathy, while developing and leading a postgraduate programe in Social Research and Evaluation. More recently he was, for over a decade, chief Consultant at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation at OECD in Paris, for projects evaluating and comparing national systems for the education of students with disabilities, learning and behavioural difficulties and social disadvantages, and a follow-up project for Eurostat, the statistical arm of the European Union.
Content
Introduction
Evaluation
The What and the Why
The Advantages of Collaboration
Ethical and Political Considerations
Designs for Different Purposes
Getting Answers to Evaluation Questions
Some Practicalities
Communicating the Findings
Evaluation
The What and the Why
The Advantages of Collaboration
Ethical and Political Considerations
Designs for Different Purposes
Getting Answers to Evaluation Questions
Some Practicalities
Communicating the Findings