A Discourse Perspective on Evaluation

Abstract

This paper explores issues and implications of evaluation considered from a discourse perspective. Five topics are discussed: questions, description, authority, criteria, and positioning. In each case, issues are identified that tend to be overlooked, ignored, or not visible from an evaluationas-methods perspective. The paper concludes with an appeal for increased openness and diversity in our understandings and practices of evaluation.  

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Stanley Witkin

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Stanley Witkin (2010).  A Discourse Perspective on Evaluation. KultŁ«ra ir visuomenė. SocialiniŁ³ tyrimŁ³ Ł¾urnalas, 1(1), 109-122. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-119062