| Evaluation as a Democratic Process: Promoting Inclusion, Dialogue, and Deliberation: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 85 Contributor(s): Ryan, Katherine E. (Author), DeStefano, Lizanne (Author), Ev (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787953717 ISBN-13: 9780787953713 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2000 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Inclusive approaches to evaluation emphasizing participation and collaboration can enhance the efficiency of data collection, improve learning, and strengthen commitment to act on results and also reflect the highest aspirations and ideals of a democratic society. The contributors to this volume use case studies to discover the lessons learned so far from successful and unsuccessful attempts to democratize evaluation. They offer ten questions to guide evaluation planning from a deliberative, democratic viewpoint, and look at a failed attempt at inclusive evaluation to analyze how deliberative intentions can be distorted. Focusing on participation, they discuss how best to use different types of dialogue to make evaluation more participatory, examine an evaluation program in a psychiatric institution to explore the challenge of employing participatory, democratic approaches in an anti-democratic environment, and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General |
| Dewey: 370.7 |
| Series: J-B Pe Single Issue (Program) Evaluation |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.96" W x 8.94" (0.39 lbs) 111 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Inclusive approaches to evaluation emphasizing participation and collaboration can enhance the efficiency of data collection, improve learning, and strengthen commitment to act on results and also reflect the highest aspirations and ideals of a democratic society. The contributors to this volume use case studies to discover the lessons learned so far from successful and unsuccessful attempts to democratize evaluation. They offer ten questions to guide evaluation planning from a deliberative, democratic viewpoint, and look at a failed attempt at inclusive evaluation to analyze how deliberative intentions can be distorted. Focusing on participation, they discuss how best to use different types of dialogue to make evaluation more participatory, examine an evaluation program in a psychiatric institution to explore the challenge of employing participatory, democratic approaches in an anti-democratic environment, and more. This is the 85th issue of the quarterly journal "New Directions for Evaluation," |