Generative Insights From the Eleanor Chelimsky Forum on Evaluation Theory and Practice

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ID12470575
AutoresLaura C Leviton (0000-0001-8116-539X, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen35
Número2
Páginas244-249
Fecha de publicación2014-04-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1098214013503701
OpenAlexW2054431155
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas20

Both speakers at the Eleanor Chelimsky Forum on Theory and Practice in Evaluation pointed out the complexity and messiness of evaluation practice, and thus potential limits on theory and generalizable knowledge. The concept of reflective practice offers one way forward to build evaluation theory. Building generalizable knowledge about practice depends on the ability of expert practitioners to dialogue at greater length about the issues they encounter. On that basis they can better develop the implications of their practice experiences for evaluation theory. By renewing attention to what program managers and service practitioners know, we can also build evaluation theory, because their reflective practice can inform both the program and knowledge (external validity) dimensions of theory

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