 | Eleanor Chelimsky, William R. Shadish - 1997 - 560 pages
...Knowledge and Tools for Self-Assessment and Accountability (Fetterman, Kaftarian, & Wandersman, l996).1 Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. It employs both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Although it can... | |
 | Josefina Figueira-McDonough, Ann Nichols-Casebolt, F. Ellen Netting - 1998 - 476 pages
...approaches, such as empowerment evaluation, share similar characteristics. According to Fetterman, empowerment evaluation is the "use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and Findings to foster improvement and self-determination" (1996, p. 4). Table 7-1: Feminist lnfluenced Approaches to Community Practice... | |
 | Paula Randall - 1998 - 100 pages
...concept of empowerment into program evaluation. It emphasizes individual and community capacity building. "Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination" (Fetterman, Kaftarian and Wandersman, 1996). An empowerment approach to evaluation... | |
 | Donna M. Mertens - 2005 - 540 pages
...logic, and to facilitate databased decision-making in the developmental process. (Patton, 1994, p. 3171 Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination [1t] has an unambiguous value orientation — it is designed to help people... | |
 | Sandra Mathison - 2005 - 526 pages
...wants that can be inferred through observation but cannot be directly observed. EMPOWERMENT EVALUATION Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. It is guided by a commitment to truth and honesty. It is designed to help people... | |
 | David M. Fetterman, Abraham Wandersman - 2005 - 244 pages
...experience (Vanderplaat, 1995, 1997). Empowerment evaluation is about helping people help themselves. "Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination" (Fetterman 1994). The definition has remained stable for over a decade —... | |
 | Albert R. Roberts, Kenneth R. Yeager - 2004 - 1079 pages
...Evaluation Strategies This page intentionally left blank 62 EMPOWERMENT EVALUATION David Fetterman Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination (Fetterman, 2001; Fetterman, Kaftarian, & Wandersman, 1996). It is guided by... | |
 | Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, Gary W. Harper - 2003 - 134 pages
...and Research (Selener, 1997) and empowerment theory (Zimmerman, 2000). According to Fetterman (1996), "Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvements and self-determination" (p. 4). The evaluation process is designed to increase the staff's... | |
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Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination (Fetterman, 2001; Fetterman, Kaftarian, & Wandersman, 1996). 