Researching the Aftermath of Violence in Schools
On a day when Americans reel from yet another school shooting, find a collection of studies about such violence and its aftermath.
Fugitive Learning: Doctoral Research as Critical Inquiry into My Own Miseducation
In a spirit of self-evaluation, Aqueelah Ellzy reflects on the transformational learning her practitioner research and professional inquiry have evinced. She offers suggestions for Practitioner-Researchers.
Utilization-Focused Evaluation: Free Webinar Series and Resources
Want to learn more about evaluation? Looking for resources for students? Check out these articles, videos, and a free webinar series from Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton.
But Does it Work? New Text on Evaluation to the Rescue!
In this interview one of co-authors of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach discusses evaluative practices.
SRM Resources for Studying Evaluation
Find over 100 resources on evaluation: books, cases, and videos, on SAGE Research Methods.
Culture and Evaluation
Open-access articles about cultural issues and implications for evaluative studies.
Ethics and Evaluation
What ethical issues arise in evaluation? Find examples and recommendations in this collection of open-access articles.
New Approach to Research Evaluation: Evaluative Inquiry
Academic evaluation regimes set up to quantify the quality of research, individual scholars, and institutions have been widely criticized for the detrimental effects they have on academic environments and on knowledge production itself. Max Fochler and Sarah de Rijcke recently called for a more exploratory, less standardized way of doing research evaluation, with the introduction of the concept of the evaluative inquiry.
SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Alumni Receive Inaugural Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Awards
Summer Institute in Computational Social Science site sponsored by Howard University and Mathematica (SICSS-Howard/Mathematica) awards individuals and teams for the inaugural Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Fund as a unique and exclusive benefit offered to alumni of the site.
Interview on Evaluation with father and daughter team Patton and Patton
Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton answer some questions about their work as evaluators and as a father-daughter co-author team.
The challenges of co-creation: some reflections on programming and (e)valuating MAKE@StoryGarden
Read about this co-creative project and methodologies for evaluating its success.
Studying Practices for Evaluation
This collection of open-access articles provides a variety of examples you can adopt for an evaluative study.
Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Program Evaluation
This collection of posts from the archives features posts by Steve Wallis and Bernadette Wright, authors of “Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Program Evaluation.”
What Utilization-Focused Evaluation Is, And Why It Matters
Learn about the What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who? of evaluation from Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton.
Scholarly journals: What is next?
How are scholarly journals changing? See interviews with editors and exemplary articles.
Ethics and Research with Practitioners
When researchers conduct studies in professional or organizational settings, whose ethical guidelines should be observed? See this collection of open-access articles for examples.
Research Careers Beyond Academia
Methodspace contributors discuss career experience and offer tips.
The ‘Great Resignation’ as Research Context: Educational, Organizational, and Individual Realities in Flux
The rapidly changing nature of organizational life requires that researchers become newly curious about how shifting societal norms and personal conditions shape our research. See this post from Etienne LeGrand and Sharon Ravitch.