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Reflections on Constructivism Week: Valuing whose values? by Valerie Marshall

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / March 28, 2020

Hello! My name is Valerie Marshall. I am a Project Manager at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University and a student in Michael Harnar’s Qualitative Research Methods in Evaluation class. Today, I would like to talk with you about the integral place of values in evaluation. Values underlie the standards and criteria used to …

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Putting values into evaluative practice – Part II by Alison Miranda

3 Comments / Uncategorized / December 24, 2018

I’m Alison Miranda, Senior Learning Officer with global transparency and accountable governance funder collaborative Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI). Inspired by conversations at recent convenings of the European Evaluation Society (EES) and the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) researcher-practitioner network, I share below tips and examples that might help evaluation practitioners and commissioners put …

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Understanding values in evaluation – Part I by Alison Miranda

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / December 24, 2018

I’m Alison Miranda, Senior Learning Officer with the global transparency and accountable governance funder collaborative Transparency and Accountability Initiative. Conversations among global experts at recent convenings of the European Evaluation Society (EES) and the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) researcher-practitioner network grappled with placing values in evaluative practice. Rad Resources: For those who may …

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Jyoti Venketraman on Collaborating and Evaluating in Diverse Communities (One Practitioner’s Lessons Learnt)

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / February 10, 2015

Hi everyone, I am Jyoti Venketraman, Director Special Initiatives at the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault.  I was hesitant to initially blog as I don’t consider myself an expert. But my awesome colleague Liz Zadnik , aea365 Outreach Coordinator and a recent blog post by Shiela B Robinson, aea365’s Lead Curator made me realize …

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CP TIG Week: Theresa Armstead on Representing Values in Evaluation Practice: A Balancing Act

Leave a Comment / Community Psychology / August 25, 2013

I am Theresa Armstead, a behavioral scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. I am a co-chair for the Community Psychology Topical Interest Group.   This week’s theme is Pursuing Meaning, Justice, and Well-Being in 21st Century Evaluation Practice. The theme is a blend of …

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CC Week: Jori Hall on Integrating Cultural Competence into Everyday Practice, Part 1

2 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / May 27, 2013

Hello, I’m Jori Hall, assistant professor at the University of Georgia and a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. This tip is focused on integrating cultural competence into everyday practice through values-engagement. Tips: As suggested in the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation, all evaluation …

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Dianne Hofner Saphiere on Interculturally Competent Evaluation

1 Comment / Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / September 28, 2011

My name is Dianne Hofner Saphiere and I am Founder and Principal at Cultural Detective®. We are a team of international professionals who collaborate to produce practical tools that use a theoretically grounded, proven process for enhancing intercultural competence. At Evaluation 2011 I’ll be facilitating a session entitled “Interculturally Competent Evaluation,” so I appreciate this …

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Dawn Hanson Smart on Aligning Program and Funder Needs and Values

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Government Evaluation, Independent Consulting / September 11, 2011

Hi, I’m Dawn Hanson Smart, Senior Associate at Clegg & Associates, Inc. in Seattle. My colleagues, Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas from EnCompass LLC and Rakesh Mohan who works with the Idaho Legislature’s Office of Performance Evaluations, and I are presenting at AEA’s upcoming conference on managing the sometimes conflicting agendas of evaluation stakeholders. (They both will …

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Chris Michael Kirk on Negotiating the Value of Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Use, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / September 2, 2011

My name is Chris Michael Kirk, and I am a Doctoral Candidate in the Community Psychology Program at Wichita State University. During my time here, I’ve had the opportunity work with Dr. Rhonda K. Lewis on the evaluation of a federally-funded youth-serving program at the University. In programs like this, the demands of program implementation …

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EdEval Week: Chad Green on Nested Outcome Models

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / May 2, 2011

Chad Green here on the utility of Costa and Garmston’s maturing outcomes map from yesterday’s post. If you revisit this colorful framework, you will notice that the nested concepts form a learning continuum, ranging from concrete to abstract, similar to the outcomes in a logic model.  However, if you dabble in cognitive neuroscience like myself, …

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