Program Evaluation Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines by
Program Evaluation Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines by Jody L. Fitzpatrick, James R. Sanders, Blaine R. Worthen Power. Point Presentation by Gerri Spinella, Ed. D. Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter 8 Participant-Oriented Evaluation Approaches Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -2 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter 8 Concepts Participant Oriented Evaluation Definitions Key Terms Differentiation In Contemporary Approaches in Practice Differences in Transformative Approaches Strengths Limitations Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -3 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Essential Questions What are the key concepts of the participant oriented approach? How might we differentiate among the many different contemporary participative approaches? What are the major strengths and limitations of the participatoryoriented approach? Contrast the different participatory-oriented approaches used in practice. How do the practical participatory approaches differ from transformative ones? Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -4 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Key Terms/Leader Participant-Oriented Evaluation Approach Robert Stake – Responsive Approach Egon Guba, Yvonna Lincoln – Naturalistic Approach Bradley Cousins – Practical Participatory Evaluation (P-PE) Michael Patton – Development Evaluation David Fetterman – Empowerment Evaluation Democratically-Oriented Approaches Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -5 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Participant-Oriented Approaches Evaluator – Empower Stakeholders with Transformation Capacity Building – Self Determination Stake – Responsive Approach Program Worth or Merit Evaluator – In depth Discussion/Observation with Stakeholders Guba and Lincoln – Naturalistic Evaluation Evaluator – Facilitator for Consensus. Building Views/Values - Stakeholders Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -6 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Characteristics: Participatory Approaches Direct & Active Participation Over Time Participant Ownership Professional Evaluator as Partner/Facilitator/Coach Evaluation Capacity Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -7 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Control over evaluation or technical design-making process Stakeholder selection Depth of participation Categories: Participatory Approaches Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -8 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Practical (P-PE) Developmental Transformative Participatory Evaluation Approaches Empowerment Deliberative Democratic Stakeholder-based Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 -9 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
• Empower stakeholders Empowerment • Primary decisionmakers are Evaluation evaluators Deliberative Democratic Evaluation • Embodies social equity and equality • Ideal model to guide evaluator’s practice Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 - 10 T r a n s f o r m a t i v e © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
STRENGTHS & LIMITATIONS STRENGTHS LIMITATIONS Increase understanding and use of evaluation by stakeholders Concerns about bias Provides more valid and useful information More time and cost to involve stakeholders Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 - 11 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter 8 Reflection How would you as a leader provide a nonbiased approach in building organizational capacity using the participant-oriented evaluation? Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines, 4 e Fitzpatrick/Sanders/Worthen 8 - 12 © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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