An assessment of the theoretical underpinnings of practical participatory evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-442

  Smits, Pernelle A ^a   Champagne, Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer theory; Learning theory; Participatory evaluation; Rationale

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349132399     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214008325023     Document Type: Article

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