Using Evaluation to Shape and Direct Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Evaluation, Reflective Practice, and Interventions Dealing with Complexity

Autor:	Rich Janzen, Daniela Seskar-Hencic, Yasir Dildar, Peter McFadden
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Library and Information Sciences
Zdroj:	Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 26:61-88
ISSN:	1496-7308 0834-1516
Popis:	Abstract: The purpose of this article is to discuss how evaluation can be used to shape and direct Comprehensive Community Initiatives in an ongoing way. It does so by offering a case example of the Waterloo Region Immigrant Employment Network (WRIEN). The article begins by reviewing how participatory action research can encourage reflective practice. After the WRIEN case example is presented, we consider this example in light of collaborative evaluation literature and five facilitators of reflective practice: (a) be location-based, (b) value experiential and practical knowledge, (c) provide ongoing feedback, (d) facilitate democratic dialogue, and (e) focus on a vision for the common good. The article ends by discussing contributions to the broader evaluation knowledge base, particularly developmental evaluation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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