Improving Practice through Illuminative Evaluation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10534614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth H Gordon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 365-378 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/603853 |
| OpenAlex | W2017768127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
Evaluation research aimed at improving sequences of social work practice is unlikely to provide highly desirable and useful information unless it is framed and guided by an appropriate research paradigm. The traditional approach to evaluation research in social work, employing approximations of experimental design, often misses the mark when evaluative intentions are formative in nature. The illuminative paradigm, borrowed from educational research and adopting a naturalistic investigative orientation, appears to offer more appropriate and valuable guidance for evaluation efforts that are primarily aimed at describing, analyzing, understanding, and improving practice
Engineering ethics · Formative assessment · Management science · Orientation (vector space · Pedagogy · Political science · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2016 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |