Fourth Generation Evaluation / Edition 1

Fourth Generation Evaluation / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0803932359
ISBN-13:
9780803932357
Pub. Date:
10/01/1989
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
ISBN-10:
0803932359
ISBN-13:
9780803932357
Pub. Date:
10/01/1989
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Fourth Generation Evaluation / Edition 1

Fourth Generation Evaluation / Edition 1

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Overview

Fourth generation evaluation represents a monumental shift in evaluation practice. The authors highlight the inherent problems faced by previous generations of evaluators - politics, ethical dilemmas, imperfections and gaps, inconclusive deductions - and blame reliance on the scientific/positivist paradigm for failure. They show how fourth generation evaluation solves persistent problems in program evaluation, comprehensively describe the differences between the positivist and constructivist paradigms of research, and provide a practical plan of the steps and processes in conducting a fourth generation evaluation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803932357
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 10/01/1989
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

(Retired)

Yvonna S. Lincoln is Professor Emerita at Texas A&M University, where she held the Ruth Harrington Chair of Educational Leadership and was Distinguished Professor of Higher Education. She is the coeditor of the journal Qualitative Inquiry, coeditor of the first through six editions of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, and coeditor of The SAGE Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. As well, she is the coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than a half dozen other books and volumes. She has served as the President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the American Evaluation Research Association, and as the Vice President for Division J (Postsecondary Education) for the American Educational Research Association. She is the author of coauthor of more than 100 chapters and journal articles on aspects of higher education or qualitative research methods and methodologies.

Table of Contents

The Coming of Age of Evaluation
What Is Fourth Generation Evaluation? Why Should We Choose to Practice It?
What Is this Constructivist Paradigm Anyway?
Ethics and Politics
The Twin Failures of Positivist Science
Constructions and Reconstructions of Realities
Paradigms and Methodologies
The Methodology of Fourth Generation Evaluations
Judging the Quality of Fourth Generation Evaluation
Putting It All Together so that It Spells E-V-A-L-U-A-T-I-O-N
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