Evaluation Theorists' Integrated Practice

Описание: This video is a review of the integration of theory and practice among a select sample of theorists with chapters in the new third edition of Evaluation Roots. This is the second of two videos reviewing the new book with special attention to the evolving nature of the Evaluation Theory Tree. The first video reviewed the evolution of the evaluation theory tree over the last two decades and proposed moving from positioning theorists on one of the three branches of the theory tree -- use, methods, valuing branches -- to an eco-system forest of diverse evaluation approaches. (See link below)

This video looks at what that means and how it is manifest in the actual practice of prominent theorists.
Contents of the video:
00:00 Introduction and review of the new third addition of Evaluation Roots.
01:19 Eighteen chapters by theorists about how they practice.
02:53 Changing the theory-practice inquiry question.
04:38 Prototyping Theorists in Evaluation Roots (chapter 23).
05:12 Theorists in integrated practice.
05:30 Emergent Realist Theory, Mel Mark & Gary Henry
09:10 Carol Weiss integrated theory-practice
09:39 From Evaluation Theory Tree to Theory Forest
10:14 Evaluation theory-practice ecological niche
13:38 Eleanor Chelimsky integrated theory-practice
21:12 Context-Sensitive Evaluation, theorist Marvin Alkin
24:18 Methodological Contingency Theory
25:30 Randomized controlled trials on the methods branch
27:28 Theorists in Action
29:06 Critique of the methods branch
29:26 Fourth Generation Evaluation, Egon Guba & Yvonna Lincoln
31:22 Responsive Evaluation, Robert Stake
34:30 The Qualitative/quantitative debate and the methods branch
35:38 Making the tree concept limitations disappear
35:51 Valuing branch: Culturally Responsive Evaluation, Rodney Hopson and Vidhya Shanker
38:02 Liberatory evaluation, decolonizing evaluation, equitable evaluation, transformative evaluation
40:34 Integrated evaluation practice
41:12 Utilization-Focused Evaluation
46:59 Summary overview: From Evaluation Theory Tree to Evaluation Theory Forest as exemplified in the theory-practice connection
48:16 Paradigm shift
49:48 Appreciation to Marvin Alkin and Christina Christie for two decades of significant work illuminating the evaluation theory-practice connection
50:32 Conclusion: From Evaluation Theory Tree to Evaluation Theory Forest
50:55 Reframing Evaluation Roots

Link to the first video: From Evaluation Theory Tree to Evaluation Theory Forest
   • From Evaluation Theory Tree to Theory Forest