Using Appreciative Inquiry in Evaluation
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Using Appreciative Inquiry in Evaluation: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 100

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This issue explores the potential role of Appreciative Inquiry, a process that searches for what is best in people and organizations, in evaluation. Contributors examine Appreciative Inquiry's approach and impact on the use of evaluation processes and findings, the contextual factors or conditions that make its use in evaluation appropriate, and the challenges of using it. Chapters also provide an overview of Appreciative Inquiry and how it fits within the landscape of evaluation practice, four case studies, and commentary and critique of specific points in this issue, as well as broader consideration of the possibilities that Appreciative Inquiry offers to evaluation practice. By offering evaluators an approach and method for discovering and building on the positive aspects of a program, Appreciative Inquiry is an valuable resource for evaluators. This issue is an indispensable guide to that resource.

Table of Contents:
SERIES EDITORS' NOTES (Gary T. Henry, Jennifer C. Greene).EDITORS' NOTES (Hallie Preskill, Anne T. Coghlan).1. An Overview of Appreciative Inquiry in Evaluation (Anne T. Coghlan, Hallie Preskill, Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas) This chapter provides an overview of Appreciative Inquiry and a discussion of why and how it may be used in evaluation practice.2. Appreciative Evaluation Within a Conflicted Educational Context (Sheila McNamee) Appreciative Inquiry was used as part of a schoolwide curriculum reform evaluation process with one department's staff that was having difficulties agreeing on its program's philosophy and curricular changes.3. Using Appreciative Inquiry to Guide an Evaluation of the International Women's Media Foundation Africa Program (Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas, Laverne D. Webb) This chapter examines the benefits and challenges of using Appreciative Inquiry processes to focus an evaluation and to design and conduct several data collection methods.4. Using Appreciative Inquiry to Evaluate Project Activities of a Nongovernmental Organization Supporting Victims of Trauma in Sri Lanka (Mette Jacobsgaard) Appreciative Inquiry was used to evaluate a program that serves victims of torture and trauma.5. Incorporating Appreciative Inquiry Methods to Evaluate a Youth Development Program (Dawn Hanson Smart, Mariann Mann) Using Appreciative Inquiry in conjunction with other evaluation methods helped to identify and confirm a program's theory of change and its long-term expected outcomes. It also provided important information for improving the program.6. Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry (Patricia J. Rogers, Dugan Fraser) This chapter provides a critique of the four case studies in this volume and offers insights into the limitations of using Appreciative Inquiry in evaluation contexts.7. Inquiry into Appreciative Evaluation (Michael Quinn Patton) After comparing Appreciative Inquiry applications in organizational development and evaluation, this chapter focuses on how Appreciative Inquiry adds to the options available to evaluators when seeking to match their evaluation approach to the situation and needs of users.INDEX.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780787972691
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 227 mm
  • No of Pages: 120
  • Sub Title: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 100
  • Width: 165 mm
  • ISBN-10: 078797269X
  • Publisher Date: 20 Dec 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Weight: 168 gr


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