RCE Evaluation Further Reading
Suggested Reading
Blamey, A. & Mackenzie, M. (2007). Theories of change and realistic evaluation: peas in a pod or apples and oranges? Evaluation, 13 (4), 439-455.
Coghlan, A., Preskill, H. & Tzavaras, T. (2003). An overview of appreciative inquiry in evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, No.100, Winter 2003.
Connell, J. P., Kubisch, A. C., Schorr, L. B. & Weiss, C. H. (1995). New approaches to evaluating community initiatives, Vol. 1: Concepts, methods and contexts. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute.
Cooperrider, D.L., Whitney, D. & Stavros, J.M. (2008). Appreciative inquiry handbook (2nd ed.) Brunswick, OH: Crown Custom Publishing. Gamble, J. A. (2008). A developmental evaluation primer. Canada: The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
Mader, C. (2013). Sustainability process assessment on transformative potentials: The Graz model for integrative development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 49, 54-63. Pawson, R. & Tilley, N. (1997). Realistic evaluation. London: Sage.
Marilyn Mehlmann et. al. (2013). Learning For Change Handbook (can be found as an iBook at https://itunes.apple.com/se/book/learningfor-change/id611746319?mt=11)
O’Donoghue, R.B. (2016). Evaluation and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Navigating a Shifting Landscape in Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs). In Rieckmann (2016). ESD Research in Higher Education Handbook. Routledge Handbooks.
Pawson, R. & Tilley, N. (1997). Realistic Evaluation. London: Sage.
Preskill, H. & Catsambas, T. (2006). Reframing evaluation through appreciative enquiry. New York: Sage. Rivers, N. (2014). Summary report on methodology used to construct value-creation stories. Project Report. Environmental Learning Research Centre, Rhodes University.
Summary report on methodology used to construct value-creation stories. Project report. Environmental Learning Research Centre. Rhodes
Souza (de), D. (2013). Elaborating the Context Mechanism-Outcome configuration (CMOc) in realist evaluation: A critical realist perspective. Evaluation 2013 19: 141.
Wenger, E., Trayner, B. & de Laat, M. (2011). Promoting and assessing value creation in communities and networks: A conceptual framework. Rapport 18, Ruud de Moor Centrum, Open University of the Netherlands.