Understanding the gap in theory to practice in evaluation
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jaime Rita Moller (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Ayesha Boyce
Abstract: In graduate evaluation education, research has shown that theory to practice is overshadowed by a focus on practical methods which results in evaluation education tension and a tenuous understanding of evaluation theory to practice when evaluators complete their graduate studies. Little is understood about evaluation theory to practice from acquisition to conceptualization. This dissertation endeavored to understand this phenomenon using qualitative methods. Through 13 interviews of evaluators identifying as either academic-based or industry-based practitioners, it was determined that these evaluators were educated in evaluation theory and practice, that both groups accorded evaluation theory high importance, and the idea of the personal theory was identified from the data corpus. Findings indicate that this phenomenon warrants further exploration and has implications for future research, graduate evaluation education, and the evaluation discipline at large.
Understanding the gap in theory to practice in evaluation
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Keywords
- Evaluation, Theory and Practice, Theory to Practice
- Subjects
- Evaluation $x Study and teaching (Graduate)
- Education, Higher $x Evaluation