ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1167

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractSensitivity to and skillful use of language are core evaluation competencies. The language we use, both among ourselves and with stakeholders, necessarily and inherently shapes perceptions, defines “reality,” and affects mutual understanding. Whatever we seek to understand or do, a full analysis will lead us to consider the words and concepts that undergird our understandings and actions—because languagema

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1168

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis chapter explores the sociopolitical nature of language in evaluation and illustrates the role evaluators can play as the translator and interpreter in assessing the outcomes of social programs.

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1169

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractA sociolinguistic analysis of program beneficiaries talk in a community‐based disease prevention and intervention program is described, including discussion of implications for examining and understanding language in evaluatio

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1170

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis chapter examines the use of program evaluation findings as a tool for policy learning. It argues that program evaluation findings must be “translated” into policy language in order to affect decision making within policy communities. This translation is illustrated by welfare policy innovation in Que

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1171

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe language used in mixed‐sex focus groups and the resulting potential for missing information are discussed in this chapte

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1172

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractAs our language of evaluation changes, so do the metaphors we use to describe our work. In this chapter, the author discusses how examining metaphors in language of individuals and groups offers insight into how people frame and resolve problems.

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1173

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractIf the purpose of evaluation is learning, dialogue can be an effective means for achieving this purpose. This chapter focuses on the crucial role of language in establishing the heuristic stance that fosters dialogic inquiry and thereby enhances the effectiveness of evaluation. The role of the evaluator in facilitating dialogue is explicated through examples from practice.

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1174

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis chapter ethnographically documents “lessons learned” in an evaluation of a tuberculosis program, focusing on linguistic rich points gathered from interviews and conversations with program st

ISSN:1097-6736    

DOI:10.1002/ev.1175

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:2000

数据来源: WILEY