This straightforward and original text sets out best practice for designing, conducting and analysing research on work with young people. A creative and practical guide to evaluation, it provides the tools needed to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and applied practice.
Written by an experienced, erudite team of authors this book provides clear, pragmatic advice that can be taken into the classroom and the field.
The book:
Provides strategies for involving young people in research and evaluation
Showcases creative and participatory methods
Weaves a real world project through each chapter, highlighting challenges and opportunities at each stage of an evaluation; readers are thus able to compare approaches
Is accompanied by a website with downloadable worksheets, templates and videos from the authors
This is the ideal text for postgraduate students and practitioners who work with young people in the statutory and voluntary sectors.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Evaluation Context
Chapter 2: Evaluation Methodology
Chapter 3: Evaluation Ethics
Chapter 4: Types of Evaluation
Chapter 5: Power
Chapter 6: Planning Evaluations - An Overview
Chapter 7: Collecting Data to Evaluate
Chapter 8: Using Mixed Methods in Evaluation
Chapter 9: Analysing Evaluation Data
Chapter 10: Writing Evaluation Reports and Presenting to Different Audiences
Conclusion
