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Agency-Based Program Evaluation: Lessons From Practice de Stephen A. Kapp

Agency-Based Program Evaluation: Lessons From Practice

Autor Stephen A. Kapp, Gary R. Anderson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 ian 2010
Agency-based Program Evaluation: Lessons from Practice, by Stephen A. Kapp and Gary R. Anderson, serves as a core textbook in the advanced undergraduate and graduate social work program evaluation courses. It combines the methodology of program evaluation with the reality of working with agencies and organizations to describe the effectiveness of their services and programs. Students will gain an understanding of the political and social context and pressures in which a program is developed, implemented and evaluated. This book offers a practice-oriented approach to evaluation. While many program evaluation methods texts often add a chapter or brief sections that describe organizational and political factors.
Features and Benefits:
combines the methodology of program evaluation with the reality of working with agencies
an understanding of the political and social context and pressures in which a program is developed, implemented and evaluated
examples of the techniques to apply in family and children services agencies
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781412939843
ISBN-10: 1412939844
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"What sets Kapp and Anderson’s book apart is an emphasis for nonevaluators on a succinct argument for conducting evaluations and a thorough discussion of applied ethics in evaluation. Agency-Based Program Evaluation would be a good fit for a program evaluation survey course, especially for those in the social work and human service professions (e.g., family therapists). Practitioners of all specialties who are interested in adding program evaluation activities to their skill set will find this a useful introduction to the field, but it shouldn’t serve as the sole resource."

Cuprins

Introduction: The Purpose of This Book
Ch 1. Making the Case for Program Evaluation
Ch 2. Steps in Program Evaluation
Ch 3. Ethics and Program Evaluation: Applying a Code of Ethics to Field-Based Research
Ch 4. Ethical Challenges for Evaluators in an Agency Setting: Making Good Choices
Ch 5. Agencies and Academics: The Social and Political Context of Program Evaluation
Ch 6. Cultural Competency and Program Evaluation
Ch 7. Program Definition: Using Program Logic Models to Develop a Common Vision
Ch 8. Program Description: Evaluation Designs Using Available Information
Ch 9. Evaluation Design: Options for Supporting the Use of Information
Ch 10. Evaluation Design: Group Designs and Methods
Ch 11. Evaluation Design: Qualitative Designs and Applications
Ch 12. Consumer Satisfaction
Ch 13. Dissemination: Spreading the News
About the Authors

Notă biografică

Stephen A. Kapp, MSW, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Dr. Kapp has focused his career on agency-based program evaluation of children and family programs. He has over twenty years of experience working both externally and internally on agency evaluations. His teaching and writing efforts have focused on evaluation with an emphasis on the use of information by agency staff and giving service recipients a voice in the evaluation process. Currently, he is managing research grants that examine the service experience of young offenders in the Kansas Mental Health System.

Descriere

This book begins with the context of an agency-based evaluation and describes the method within that context. Students will gain a more complete understanding of this contextual challenge and will learn techniques for operating in the face of these challenges.