Includes bibliographical references and index.

The niche of evaluation facilitation -- Facilitating evaluation to enhance use -- The overarching principle of evaluation facilitation : be utilization focused -- Be guided by the personal factor : the first operating principle -- Engage through options : the second operating principle -- Observe, interpret, and adapt: the third operating principle -- Embed evaluative thinking throughout: the fourth operating principle -- Invigorate with leading-edge inputs : the fifth operating principle -- Principles-focused evaluation facilitation: conclusion and a look forward.

Michael Quinn Patton's Facilitating Evaluation: Principles in Practice is the first book of its kind to explain in detail how to facilitate evaluation processes with stakeholders. Using the author's own stories of his experiences as an evaluation facilitator, the book illustrates the five evaluation facilitation principles that are the organizing framework for addressing how to work with stakeholders to generate evaluation questions, make decisions about methods, interpret findings, and participate in all aspects of evaluation. Ultimately, this book will help readers perform facilitation to enhance the relevance, credibility, meaningfulness, and utility of evaluations. SAGE's Evaluation in Practice Series offers concise, practical books for students and professionals working as evaluators. To learn more about each text in the series, please visit www.sagepub.com/eips. Book jacket.

College of Education

Text in English