
Over The Course Of 20 Years And Eight Editions, The Goals Of The Book Have Remained The Same: To Prepare Students To Participate In Evaluative Activities Within Their Organizations, Become Beginning Critical Producers And Consumers Of The Professional Evaluative Literature, And Reap The Benefits Of More Advanced Evaluation Courses And Texts. The Authors Aim To Meet These Objectives By Presenting A Unique Approach That Is Realistic, Practical, Applied, And User Friendly. Unlike Other Textbooks On The Market, Program Evaluation For Social Workers Presents Both Program-level Evaluation And Case-level Evaluation Methods; Assuming That Neither Of These Two Distinct Approaches Alone Adequately Reflects The Realities Of The Field, The Book Demonstrates How They Can Instead Complement Each Other. This Integration Of Approaches Provides An Accessible, Adaptable, And Realistic Framework For Students And Beginning Practitioners To More Easily Grasp And Implement In The Real World.
This text investigates how social workers can effectively integrate program-level and case-level evaluation methods to improve organizational outcomes and professional practice. The authors, Peter A. Gabor, Richard M. Grinnell Jr., and Yvonne A. Unrau, leverage their extensive academic and field experience to provide a practical framework for students. By bridging the gap between theoretical research and daily practice, the book aims to equip practitioners with the tools necessary to produce and consume evaluative literature critically.
What You Will Find
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Experts and educators frequently highlight this text as a foundational resource for social work students due to its accessible and applied approach. Readers often note that the integration of case-level and program-level methods provides a comprehensive perspective that is missing from more specialized research textbooks.
Page Count:
464
Publication Date:
2018-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190064757
ISBN-13:
9780190064754
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