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245 0 0 _aEvaluation failures :
_b22 tales of mistakes made and lessons learned /
_cKylie Hutchinson, editor ; foreword by Michael Quinn Patton.
264 1 _aLos Angeles, California, USA :
_bSAGE Publications, Inc.,
_c©2019.
300 _axviii, 159 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
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505 0 _aIt's not me, it's you : the value of addressing conflict head on / Corey Newhouse -- The scope creep train wreck : how responsive evaluation can go off the rails / E Davidson -- The buffalo jump : lessons after the fall / Gail Barrington -- Evaluator self-evaluation : when self-flagellation is not enough / Emma Williams -- That alien feeling : engaging all the stakeholders in the universe / Hallie Preskill -- Seeds of failure : how the evaluation of a west african agricultural scale up project went awry / Thomas Archibald -- I didn't know i would be a tightrope walker someday : balancing evaluator responsiveness and independence / Rakesh Mohan -- When national pride is beyond facts : navigating conflicting stakeholder requirements / Felix Muramutsa -- Stars in our eyes : what happens when things are too good to be true / Jara Dean-Coffey -- A "failed" logic model : how i learned to connect with all stakeholders / Chris Lovato -- Lost without you : a lesson in system mapping and engaging stakeholders / Kylie Hutchinson -- You got to know when to hold 'em : an evaluation that went from bad to worse -- Robert shepherd -- The evaluation from hell : when evaluators and clients don?t quite fit / Marla Steinberg -- The best laid plans of mice and evaluators : dealing with data collection surprises in the field / Janice Noga -- Are you my amigo, or my chero? / Isaac Castillo -- Omg, why can't we get the data? : a lesson in managing evaluation expectations / Jennifer Bisgard and Mary Pat Selveggio -- No, actually, this project has to stop : learning when to pull the plug / Karen Snyder -- Missing in action : how assumption, language, history and soft skills influenced a cross-cultural participatory evaluation / Susan Igras -- "This is highly illogical" : how a spock evaluator learns that context and mixed methods are everything / Benoit Gauthier -- The ripple that became a splash : the importance of context and why i now do data parties / Diana Tindall -- The voldemort evaluation : how i learned to survive organizational dysfunction, confusion, and distrust / Lisa O?Reilly -- The only way out is through / Stephanie Evergreen.
520 _aThis practical book is a candid collection of stories in which seasoned evaluators share professional mistakes they have made in the past, and what they learned moving forward.
520 _a« Evaluation failures :22 tales of mistakes made and lessons learned is a candid collection of stories from seasoned evaluators from a variety of sectors sharing professional mistakes they have made in the past, and what they learned moving forward. As the only book of its kind, editor Kylie Hutchinson has collected a series of engaging, real-life examples that are both entertaining and informative. Each story offers universal lessons as takeaways, and discussion questions for reflective practice. The book is the perfect companion to anyone working in the evaluation field, and to instructors of program evaluation courses who want to bring the real world into their classroom. »--
521 _aCoED
_bMaster of Arts in Education Elementary Science Teaching
546 _aText in English
650 0 _aEvaluation research (Social action programs).
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xMethodology.
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