The future of evaluation in society : a tribute to Michael Scriven

The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often s...

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Other Authors Donaldson, Stewart I. (honouree.), Scriven, Michael (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
SeriesEvaluation in society
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613373
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-453-5
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 181 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: the revolution will not be evaluated : an ode to Gil Scot-Heron, Michael Scriven, and the future of evaluation / Rodney Hopson
  • Connecting evaluation's past to its future : appreciating Scriven's legacy and frame-breaking revolutions / Stewart I. Donaldson
  • The foundation and future of evaluation / Michael Scriven
  • The future of evaluation in society : top ten trends plus one / Michael Quinn Patton
  • Evaluation's conflicted future / Ernest R. House
  • My tribute to a trail blazer : evaluation iconoclast? : Professor Michael Scriven / Daniel L. Stufflebeam
  • Michael Scriven and the development of evaluation lexicon / Christina A. Christie
  • The people and the profession / Robert Stake
  • Consumers, curmudgeons, and courage : traveling evaluation's byways with Michael Scriven / Jennifer C. Greene
  • Advancing considerations of culture and validity : honoring the key evaluation checklist / Karen E. Kirkhart
  • The future of evaluation in society: variations on a theme / Melvin M. Mark.