Involving Stakeholders in Programme Theory Specification: Discussion of a Systematic, Consensus-Based Approach

Autor/inn/en	van Urk, Felix; Grant, Sean; Bonell, Chris
Titel	Involving Stakeholders in Programme Theory Specification: Discussion of a Systematic, Consensus-Based Approach
Quelle	In: Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 12 (2016) 4, S.541-557 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-2648
Schlagwörter	Stakeholders; Program Evaluation; Theories; Delphi Technique; Logical Thinking; Models; Systems Approach; Intervention; Educational Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Theory; Theorie; Delphi-Methode; Analogiemodell; Systemischer Ansatz; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode
Abstract	The use of explicit programme theory to guide evaluation is widely recommended. However, practitioners and other partnering stakeholders often initiate programmes based on implicit theories, leaving researchers to explicate them before commencing evaluation. The current study aimed to apply a systematic method to undertake this process. We integrated a Delphi process into a larger effort to engage stakeholders in the elucidation of a logic model for the Studio School model of education. This study demonstrates that evaluators and service providers can jointly specify--and come to consensus regarding--intervention programme theories after these have been designed but prior to evaluation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01