Shaw Qualitative Evaluation

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4462-7568-9
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Introducing Qualitative Methods series

Looking for a practical introduction to the strategies and methods of qualitative evaluation? Ian Shaw shows how evaluation practice can utilize qualitative approaches to gain an understanding that more traditional quantitative approaches may fail to do.

Three broad sections include discussions of: the foundations of evaluation and recent trends; evaluation and action programmes; and the practice of evaluation (including design, data collection and analysis). Exercises for each chapter show students how to apply the issues, approaches and methods illustrated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaw, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Encountering Qualitative Evaluation
Evaluation Theorists and Qualitative Evaluation
Persuasions and Persuaders
Evidence from Qualitative Evaluation
Values, Validity and the Uses of Evaluation
Evaluating Programmes and Policies
Practitioner Evaluation
Decisions for Evaluation Design
Evaluation in the Field
Analysis
Establishing Evaluative Claims

Über Autor(innen)

Shaw, Ian
Dr. Ian Shaw is S R Nathan Professor of Social Work at National University of Singapore and Professor Emeritus at the University of York, England. He was the first chair of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA) and a founder editor of the journal Qualitative Social Work. He has authored almost 100 peer-reviewed papers, more than 20 books, 60 book chapters, and various research reports. He has written extensively in the journals on issues arising from the relationship between social work and sociology over the last century. His more recent books include Social Work Science (2016) and Research and the Social Work Picture (2018). He is pursuing a graduate programme in creative writing, which sits alongside his interests in gardening, his local church, volunteering in his village shop, playing badminton (badly), and Bob Dylan.

Ian G. Shaw
I have been working in a university most of my career, after five years working as a probation officer. My recent interests within social work and social science focus on several themes: The practice/research relationship Understanding the nature of social work as an applied social science in relation to disciplines like sociology Qualitative research and evaluation methodology, practitioner and action research Developing social work research strategies Technology and professional practice The history of social work research My first degree was in sociology, and it has continued to influence my social work practice and, subsequently, my university work. I followed my first degree with social work training in South Wales, before returning to Sheffield in the north of England to work as a Probation Officer for five years. I arrived in York as Professor of Social Work in Spring 2003, following a long career in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. Much of my teaching is at the borders of practice and research. I teach qualitative methods, dissertation and thesis skills, and evidence and knowledge for practice. I have aimed, in addition, to develop a view of professional practice in social work that embeds an evaluative dimension as part and parcel of good direct practice. I have also taught social work practice through eLearning, utilising packages for which I have taken the lead developer role.