{"product_id":"fourth-generation-evaluation-hardcover","title":"Fourth Generation Evaluation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEgon Guba\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYvonna S. Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cb\u003eFourth Generation Evaluation\u003c\/b\u003e, Guba and Lincoln present a strong, unequivocal argument for the epistemological, methodological, and ethical superiority of their refined constructivist inquiry paradigm for the political and practical demands of program evaluation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Jennifer Greene, Cornell University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I would warmly recommend it as stimulating and challenging reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Systems Practice \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I consider \u003cb\u003eFourth Generation Evaluation\u003c\/b\u003e to be an exceptionally daring and insightful book. It has done more than most books to further loosen the grip of liberal, instrumental ′′common sense′′ (i.e., ideology) that has constricted the field of evaluation for the past 30 years. The book′s idealism is energizing and must only be matched, as the authors certainly know, by yet more hard-headed analysis. Its radical ambitions are inspiring if not always apparently achievable. However, fair is fair: radical ends demand radical means.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Evaluation Practice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourth Generation Evaluation represents a monumental shift in evaluation practice. Guba and Lincoln point to the inherent problems faced by previous generations of evaluators--politics, ethical dilemmas, imperfections and gaps, inconclusive deductions--and lay the blame for failure and nonutilization at the feet of the unquestioned reliance on the scientific\/positivist paradigm of research. \u003cb\u003eFourth Generation Evaluation\u003c\/b\u003e, a more informed and sophisticated approach, moves beyond science to include the myriad human, political, social, cultural, and contextual elements that are involved. Based upon relativism, a unity between knower and known, and a subjective epistemology, the authors show how fourth generation evaluation unites the evaluator and the stakeholders in an interaction that creates the product of the evaluation. Differing from previously existing generations, this new approach moves evaluation to a new level, whose key dynamic is negotiation. The constructivist paradigm is espoused by the authors and shown to offer multiple advantages, including empowerment and enfranchisement of stakeholders, as well as an action orientation that defines a course to be followed. Not merely a treatise on evaluation theory, Guba and Lincoln also comprehensively describe the differences between the positivist and constructivist paradigms of research, and provide a practical plan of the steps and processes in conducting a fourth generation evaluation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a book that no evaluator can afford to ignore and an important advance in the study of applied research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Retired) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYvonna S. Lincoln \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor Emerita at Texas A\u0026amp;M University, where she held the Ruth Harrington Chair of Educational Leadership and was Distinguished Professor of Higher Education. She is the coeditor of the journal \u003ci\u003eQualitative Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, coeditor of the first through six editions of \u003ci\u003eThe SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of The SAGE Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. As well, she is the coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than a half dozen other books and volumes. She has served as the President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the American Evaluation Research Association, and as the Vice President for Division J (Postsecondary Education) for the American Educational Research Association. She is the author of coauthor of more than 100 chapters and journal articles on aspects of higher education or qualitative research methods and methodologies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.76 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67582538383634,"sku":"9780803932357","price":170.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/YI7FrZIKna9780803932357.webp?v=1790657511","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/fourth-generation-evaluation-hardcover","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}