WikiCED manual: Difference between revisions
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Building evaluation capacity entails developing a system for creating and sustaining evaluation practices9. Evaluation scholars have recommended that evaluation be more democratic, pluralistic, deliberative, empowering, and enlightening10. Current evaluation practices are diverse, inclusive of multiple perspectives, and supportive of the use of multiple methods, measures, and criteria11. Evaluation Appreciative Inquiry is a highly participatory form of inquiry to address issues12. Appreciative Inquiry and collaborative, participatory, stakeholder, and learning-oriented approaches to evaluation emphasize *social constructivism, that is, that making sense and meaning is achieved through the interaction13. | Building evaluation capacity entails developing a system for creating and sustaining evaluation practices9. Evaluation scholars have recommended that evaluation be more democratic, pluralistic, deliberative, empowering, and enlightening10. Current evaluation practices are diverse, inclusive of multiple perspectives, and supportive of the use of multiple methods, measures, and criteria11. Evaluation Appreciative Inquiry is a highly participatory form of inquiry to address issues12. Appreciative Inquiry and collaborative, participatory, stakeholder, and learning-oriented approaches to evaluation emphasize *social constructivism, that is, that making sense and meaning is achieved through the interaction13. | ||
Suggested appreciative success indicators of a vision, design, action, or project can be measured | Suggested appreciative success indicators of a vision, design, action, or project can be measured with point systems by examples such as how: | ||
with point systems by examples such as how: | |||
# challenging | # challenging | ||
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# shared | # shared | ||
# interactive, active and dynamic | # interactive, active and dynamic | ||
# empowerment as choices, participation in decisions, dignity, respect, cooperation and a sense of | # empowerment as choices, participation in decisions, dignity, respect, cooperation and a sense of belonging to a wider community | ||
belonging to a wider community | |||
# equity as equal opportunity and access to natural, social and economic resources | # equity as equal opportunity and access to natural, social and economic resources | ||
# sustainable in meeting needs without compromising future generations | # sustainable in meeting needs without compromising future generations | ||
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# reports for recognizing and publicly praising accomplishments; | # reports for recognizing and publicly praising accomplishments; | ||
# charts recording relative progress over time | # charts recording relative progress over time | ||
# anecdotal stories for publicizing successes | # anecdotal stories for publicizing successes | ||
# attending to those that make a difference 15 | # attending to those that make a difference 15 | ||