%0 Journal Article
%T A Discourse Perspective on Evaluation
%A Stanley L. Witkin
%J Culture and Society : Journal of Social Research
%D 2010
%I Vytautas Magnus University
%X This paper explores issues and implications of evaluation considered from a discourse perspective. Five topics are discussed: questions, description, authority, criteria, and positioning. In each case, issues are identified that tend to be overlooked, ignored, or not visible from an evaluationas-methods perspective. The paper concludes with an appeal for increased openness and diversity in our understandings and practices of evaluation.
%K evaluation
%K discourse
%K social work
%K social construction
%K research
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