Open AccessIt can be argued that participatory evaluation and social pedagogy shareseveral interconnections given their respective developments and evolutions. In this paper we exploreaffinities between these two domains of inquiry in order to understand points of intersection and departureat deeper levels that has occurred to date. Following a recent review and integration of more than 100empirical studies of participatory evaluation (Cousins & Chouinard, 2012) we re-examine a selectionof emergent themes through a social-pedagogical lens. We highlight similarities and differences and then layout a set of issues for considerations for participatory evaluation and in the interest of opening andialogue among those engaged in research and practice within either sphere if interest.