Evaluating : values, biases, and practical wisdom

In this book, Ernie House reframes how we think about evaluation by reconsidering three key concepts of values, biases, and practical wisdom. The first part of the book reconstructs core evaluation concepts, with a focus on the origins of our values and biases. The second part explores how we handle...

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Main Author House, Ernest R. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2015]
SeriesEvaluation and society.
Subjects
Values.
Evaluation.
Education > Evaluation & Assessment.
Education: examinations and assessment.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806611782
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-917-2
Physical Description1 online resource (158 pages.)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Reframing evaluation
  • Part I: Where values come from
  • Chapter 1. How personal values affect evaluations
  • Chapter 2. Evaluating and research on thinking
  • Chapter 3. Reframing values
  • Part II: Handling values and biases in evaluations
  • Chapter 4. An evaluation case study
  • Chapter 5. Democratizing evaluation
  • Chapter 6. Underlying values and influences
  • Part III: Practical wisdom in evaluation
  • Chapter 7. Evaluating with practical wisdom
  • Chapter 8. Learning practical wisdom
  • Chapter 9. When to rely on practical wisdom
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion: Twenty-five ideas
  • References.

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