Today's evaluators are being challenged to help design and evaluate social programs intended to prevent and ameliorate complex social problems in a variety of settings, including schools, communities, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Drawing upon the knowledge and experience of world-renowned evaluators, the goal of this new book is to provide the most up-to-date theorizing about how to practice evaluation in the new millennium. It features specific examples of evaluations of social programs and problems, including the strengths and weaknesses of the most popular and promising...
Today's evaluators are being challenged to help design and evaluate social programs intended to prevent and ameliorate complex social problems in a va...
Today's evaluators are being challenged to help design and evaluate social programs intended to prevent and ameliorate complex social problems in a variety of settings, including schools, communities, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Drawing upon the knowledge and experience of world-renowned evaluators, the goal of this new book is to provide the most up-to-date theorizing about how to practice evaluation in the new millennium. It features specific examples of evaluations of social programs and problems, including the strengths and weaknesses of the most popular and promising...
Today's evaluators are being challenged to help design and evaluate social programs intended to prevent and ameliorate complex social problems in a va...
Applied Psychology demonstrates the power of applied psychology to promote human welfare and optimal human functioning as well as the vast career opportunities that exist for those with a psychology education. Some of the most eminent psychologists in the world today examine how psychological science is and can be used to prevent and ameliorate pressing human problems to promote positive social change. Part one provides an overview of the history and rise of applied psychology. The second part provides examples of how psychological science has been, and can be used, to prevent and...
Applied Psychology demonstrates the power of applied psychology to promote human welfare and optimal human functioning as well as the vast care...
Intended as a resource for psychology educators ranging from teaching assistants to experienced faculty, this book shows readers how to effectively create and manage an online psychology course. Guidelines for preparing courses, facilitating communication, and assigning grades are provided along with activities and assessments geared specifically towards psychology.
Intended as a resource for psychology educators ranging from teaching assistants to experienced faculty, this book shows readers how to effectively cr...
Melvin M. Mark Stewart I. Donaldson Bernadette Campbell
This compelling work brings together leading social psychologists and evaluators to explore the intersection of these two fields and how their theory, practices, and research findings can enhance each other. An ideal professional reference or student text, the book examines how social psychological knowledge can serve as the basis for theory-driven evaluation; facilitate more effective partnerships with stakeholders and policymakers; and help evaluators ask more effective questions about behavior. Also identified are ways in which real-world evaluation findings can identify gaps in social...
This compelling work brings together leading social psychologists and evaluators to explore the intersection of these two fields and how their theo...
The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas presented in this volume are a useful contribution to the ongoing efforts at rethinking, reforming and reshaping international development evaluation. They come from leading thinkers and practitioners in development, evaluation, research and academia who have recognized that development evaluation must...
The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, an...
The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas presented in this volume are a useful contribution to the ongoing efforts at rethinking, reforming and reshaping international development evaluation. They come from leading thinkers and practitioners in development, evaluation, research and academia who have recognized that development evaluation must...
The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, an...
Stewart I. Donaldson Christina (Tina) a. (Ann) Christie Melvin (Mel) M. (Michael) Mark
Placing into perspective the meaning of evidence for evaluation professionals and applied researchers, the contributors to this book--a veritable "who's who" in evaluation--provide observations about the diversity and changing nature of credible evidence. The editors include lessons from their own applied research and evaluation and suggest ways in which practitioners might address the key issues and challenges of collecting credible evidence. The Second Edition offers updated thoughts on each chapter's topic, as well as two new chapters that address assessing credibility and implications on...
Placing into perspective the meaning of evidence for evaluation professionals and applied researchers, the contributors to this book--a veritable "who...
In the 17 years since the inception of the movement, the field of positive psychology has grown tremendously and inspired research and practice across a range of sub-areas. Scientific Advances in Positive Psychology showcases the wide range of new theories, research, applications, and explorations in what can be termed "the next wave of positive psychology," presenting novel findings and theories that acknowledge and mainstream sensitivity to real-world issues, adversity, culture, and context, in fresh new ways.
The contributors to the work--among the best known and...
In the 17 years since the inception of the movement, the field of positive psychology has grown tremendously and inspired research and practice acr...
Nearly universally, relationships are a key source of what we all seek in life: happiness, fulfillment, and well-being. The experts who contributed to this novel volume apply the framework of positive psychology to the findings of relationships research across a variety of practical contexts. What actions create and sustain respectful, caring, joyous, stimulating, and loving relationships? How do people rich in friendship, intimacy, and interpersonal skills think and behave? How do they unconsciously cultivate positive relationships? This book brings together authoritative reviews,...
Nearly universally, relationships are a key source of what we all seek in life: happiness, fulfillment, and well-being. The experts who contributed...
