TY - JOUR
T1 - Bringing evaluative learning to life
AU - King, Jean A.
PY - 2008/6/1
Y1 - 2008/6/1
N2 - This excerpt from the opening plenary asks evaluators to consider two questions regarding learning and evaluation: (a) How do evaluators know if, how, when, and what people are learning during an evaluation? and (b) In what ways can evaluation be a learning experience? To answer the first question, evaluators can apply the commonplaces of evaluative learning, where, in a given evaluative context, the evaluator is a teacher, the clients/participants are students, and the process and results of the evaluation are the curriculum. To answer the second question, evaluators can consider two ideas for understanding evaluative learning: (a) evaluation for accountability and control and (b) evaluation for program development.
AB - This excerpt from the opening plenary asks evaluators to consider two questions regarding learning and evaluation: (a) How do evaluators know if, how, when, and what people are learning during an evaluation? and (b) In what ways can evaluation be a learning experience? To answer the first question, evaluators can apply the commonplaces of evaluative learning, where, in a given evaluative context, the evaluator is a teacher, the clients/participants are students, and the process and results of the evaluation are the curriculum. To answer the second question, evaluators can consider two ideas for understanding evaluative learning: (a) evaluation for accountability and control and (b) evaluation for program development.
KW - Accountability
KW - Development
KW - Evaluative learning
KW - Interactive evaluation
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U2 - 10.1177/1098214008316423
DO - 10.1177/1098214008316423
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43849091744
VL - 29
SP - 151
EP - 155
JO - American Journal of Evaluation
JF - American Journal of Evaluation
SN - 1098-2140
IS - 2
ER -