Description
This seminar, in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program at Western Michigan University, is a forum for the integration of core evaluation concepts across the program, developing an understanding of evaluation as a profession, and for exchange of ideas among evaluation students, faculty and industry representatives from multiple disciplines. Topics vary each semester.
Syllabus
Instructors
Required readings
- Claremont Colleges Digital Library. (2009). Empowerment evaluation: Its promise (Fetterman) and Pitfalls (Scriven & Patton). Claremont, CA: Claremont Graduate College.
- Coryn, C. L. S. (2009, September). Contemporary trends and movements in evaluation: Evidence-based, participatory and empowerment, and theory-driven evaluation. Paper presented at The Evaluation Center’s Evaluation Café, Kalamazoo, MI.
- Coryn, C. L. S., Noakes, L. A., Westine, C. D., & Schröter, D. C., (2011). A systematic review of theory-driven evaluation practice from 1990 to 2009. American Journal of Evaluation, 32(2), 199-226.
- Cullen, A., E., & Coryn, C. L. S. (2011). Forms and functions of participatory evaluation in international development: A review of the empirical and theoretical literature. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 7(16), 32-47.
- Cullen, A. E., Coryn, C. L. S., & Rugh, J. (2011). The politics and consequences of including stakeholders in international development evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, 32(3), 345-361.
- Duflo, E. & Kremer, M. (2003). Use of randomization in the evaluation of development effectiveness. Paper prepared for the World Bank Operations Evaluation Department Conference on ;Evaluation and Development Effectiveness. Washington, D.C.
- Evaluation Gap Working Group. (2006). When will we ever learn? Improving lives through impact evaluation. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development.
- Harrison, C. (2008). A decent proposal. CAmagazine.com
- Jones, C. (2006). Save time, save money. A vendor’s top 10 tips to improve the RFP process. Summit, 3‐6.
- JPAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab) What is randomization?
- Mathison, S. (2007). What is the difference between research and evaluation—and why do we care? In N. L. Smith & P. R. Brandon (Eds.), Fundamental issues in evaluation (pp. 183-196). New York: Guilford.
- Reeves, T., Apedoe, X., Woo, Y. (2005).Evaluating digital libraries: A user‐friendly guide. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
- Rugh, J. (2011, March). What’s involved in “rigourous impact evaluation”? IOCE proposes more holistic perspectives. Paper presented at the meeting of the Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation, Paris, France.
- Scriven, M. (2004). Michael Scriven on the differences between evaluation and social science research. Harvard Family Research Project. The Evaluation Exchange 9 (4).
- Swail, W. (2011). An open letter to all organizations in need of a program evaluator.