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Carniel, Jessica; Hickey, Andrew; Southey, Kim; Brömdal, Annette; Crowley-Cyr, Lynda; Eacersall, Douglas; Farmer, Will; Gehrmann, Richard; Machin, Tanya; Pillay, Yosheen – Research Ethics, 2023
Ethics review processes are frequently perceived as extending from codes and protocols rooted in biomedical disciplines. As a result, many researchers in the humanities and social sciences (HASS) find these processes to be misaligned, if not outrightly obstructive to their research. This leads some scholars to advocate against HASS participation…
Descriptors: Ethics, Humanities, Social Sciences, Research
LaVelle, John M.; Donaldson, Stewart I. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2021
The profession of evaluation continues to grow, generating more demand for evaluation services than can be fulfilled by the supply of well-trained evaluation practitioners. In this brief forum article, we discuss the current state of evaluator education in the United States and the ways in which university-based programs support the development of…
Descriptors: Universities, Evaluation, Evaluators, Training
Alkin, Marvin C.; King, Jean A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
The second article in this series on the history of evaluation use has three sections. The first and longest develops a functional definition of the term "use," noting that a thorough definition of evaluation use includes the initial stimulus (i.e., evaluation findings or process), the user, the way people use the information, the aspect…
Descriptors: Definitions, Users (Information), Ethics, Evaluation
Hood, Stafford – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
This article, based on the remarks delivered by the author at the Eleanor Chelimsky forum at the Eastern Evaluation Research Society annual conference in 2016, discusses Ambrose Caliver, an evaluator of color who worked for the federal government during segregation. Caliver's history is an important contribution to the evaluation tree. This…
Descriptors: African Americans, History, Evaluation, Evaluators
Rodriguez-Campos, Liliana – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Collaborative evaluation is an approach that offers, among others, many advantages in terms of access to information, quality of information gathered, opportunities for creative problem-solving, and receptivity to findings. In the last decade, collaborative evaluation has grown in popularity along with similar participatory, empowerment, and…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Access to Information, Evaluation, Problem Solving
Kosheleva, Natalia; Segone, Marco – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
In many less developed democracies Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs) face the challenges of low demand for evaluation and the resulting low economic capacity of national evaluation communities. The VOPE model that evolved in well-developed democracies is not directly applicable under these circumstances, so a new model…
Descriptors: Voluntary Agencies, Evaluation, Developing Nations, Professional Associations
Corn, Jenifer O.; Byrom, Elizabeth; Knestis, Kirk; Matzen, Nita; Thrift, Beth – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Schools, districts, and state-level educational organizations are experiencing a great shift in the way they do the business of education. This shift focuses on accountability, specifically through the expectation of the effective utilization of evaluative-focused efforts to guide and support decisions about educational program implementation. In…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation, Program Implementation
Appleton-Dyer, Sarah; Clinton, Janet; Carswell, Peter; McNeill, Rob – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
The importance of evaluation use has led to a large amount of theoretical and empirical study. Evaluation use, however, is still not well understood. There is a need to capture the complexity of this phenomenon across a diverse range of contexts. In response to such complexities, the notion of "evaluation influence" emerged. This article presents…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Individual Characteristics, Public Sector, Evaluators
O'Sullivan, Rita G. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Collaborative Evaluation systematically invites and engages stakeholders in program evaluation planning and implementation. Unlike "distanced" evaluation approaches, which reject stakeholder participation as evaluation team members, Collaborative Evaluation assumes that active, on-going engagement between evaluators and program staff,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Freeman, Melissa; Vasconcelos, Erika Franca S. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2010
This chapter outlines the core tenets of critical social theory and describes inherent issues facing evaluators conducting critical theory evaluation. Using critical pedagogy as an example, the authors describe the issues facing evaluators by developing four of the subtheories that comprise a critical social theory: (a) a theory of false…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Social Theories, Evaluators, Evaluation
Brown, Corey – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
This article outlines the mission and vision of the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health and its history and accomplishments in the family movement. It gives examples of how the National Federation is leading the way for positive, collaborative, and engaging training; as well as research and advocacy. Five core principles…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Children, Youth, Evaluation
Freeman, Melissa; Hall, Jori N. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
All social and professional practices are historically situated, evolving forms of acting and interacting. Evaluation, as a practice, is shaped by and shapes the practice evaluated. This article contributes to responsive and values-engaged evaluation approaches by reflecting on the space where these two practices intersect. The evaluative task was…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Professional Development, Participant Observation, Evaluators
American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
The American Evaluation Association (AEA) strives to promote ethical practice in the evaluation of programs, products, personnel, and policy. This article presents the list of principles which AEA developed to guide evaluators in their professional practice. These principles are: (1) Systematic Inquiry; (2) Competence; (3) Integrity/Honesty; (4)…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Integrity, Ethics, Professional Associations
Urias, David – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
Ethical challenges associated with the relationships among members of an evaluative team/organization receive less attention. Examples of the kinds of ethical dilemmas that could occur within an evaluation team include an individual taking undeserved credit, transferring blame, making false promises, withholding information, breaching…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Confidentiality, Integrity, Job Security
American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Over a period spanning 8 years, the Oral History Project Team has conducted interviews with individuals who have made significant contributions to the scholarship, practice, and profession of evaluation. In 2006, Robin Miller, Chris Coryn, and Daniela Schroeter conducted an oral history interview with James R. Sanders at the Evaluation Center that…
Descriptors: Oral History, Interviews, Scholarship, Evaluators