Really New Directions in Evaluation: Young Evaluators' Perspectives: New Directions for Evaluation, No. 131 (J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation)

Contents......Page 7
Editor’s Notes......Page 11
1. Sociocultural Theory: Providing More Structure to Culturally Responsive Evaluation......Page 17
2. Making the Case for the Humanities in Evaluation Training......Page 25
3. Political Psychology in Evaluation: A Theoretical Framework......Page 31
4. A Bridge Between Basic Social Science and Evaluation......Page 37
5. Using Nonequivalent Dependent Variables to Reduce Internal Validity Threats in Quasi-Experiments: Rationale, History and Examples From Practice......Page 41
6. Eval + Comm......Page 51
7. Focus Groups in the Virtual World: Implications for the Future of Evaluation......Page 57
8. En“gendering” Evaluation: Feminist Evaluation but “I Am NOT a Feminist!”......Page 63
9. New Evaluators Addressing Health Disparities Through Community-Based Evaluation......Page 69
10. Inside, Outside, Upside Down: Challenges and Opportunities That Frame the Future of a Novice Evaluator......Page 75
11. Sailing Through Relationships? On Discovering the Compass for Navigating 21st-Century Evaluation in the Pacific......Page 81
12. Integrating a New Evaluation Unit With an Old Institution: See No Evil; Hear No Evil; Speak No Evil......Page 87
13. Building the Value of Evaluation: Engaging With Reflective Practitioners......Page 93
14. Evaluation of Multinational Programs: Value and Challenges......Page 101
15. Using Organizational Memory Directories to Analyze Networks......Page 107
16. The Evolution of Understanding: Positioning Evaluation Within a Comprehensive Performance Management System......Page 113
17. Effectiveness Engineering: Vistas of Opportunity Beyond Merit, Worth, and Significance......Page 121
18. Harnessing the Power of the Electronic Health Record Data for Use in Program Evaluation......Page 127
19. Utilizing Emerging Technology in Program Evaluation......Page 133
20. Online Learning Programs: Evaluation’s Challenging Future......Page 139
Index......Page 145