Using Appreciative Inquiry in Evaluation New Directions for Evaluation, Number 100

by Preskill, Hallie; Coghlan, Anne T.

• ISBN13: 9780787972691
• ISBN10: 078797269X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-03
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This issue explores the potential role of Appreciative Inquiry, a process that searches for what is best in people and organizations, in evaluation. Contributors examine Appreciative Inquiry's approach and impact on the use of evaluation processes and findings, the contextual factors or conditions that make its use in evaluation appropriate, and the challenges of using it.Chapters also provide an overview of Appreciative Inquiry and how it fits within the landscape of evaluation practice, four case studies, and commentary and critique of specific points in this issue, as well as broader consideration of the possibilities that Appreciative Inquiry offers to evaluation practice.By offering evaluators an approach and method for discovering and building on the positive aspects of a program, Appreciative Inquiry is an valuable resource for evaluators. This issue is an indispensable guide to that resource.

Author Biography

HALLIE PRESKILL is professor of organizational learning and instructional technologies at the University of New Mexico. <p> ANNE T. COGHLAN is an independent evaluation consultant based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Notes	v
Gary T. Henry
Jennifer C. Greene
Editors' Notes	1	(4)
Hallie Preskill
Anne T. Coghlan
An Overview of Appreciative Inquiry in Evaluation	5	(18)
Anne T. Coghlan
Hallie Preskill
Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas
Appreciative Evaluation Within a Conflicted Educational Context	23	(18)
Sheila McNamee
Using Appreciative Inquiry to Guide an Evaluation of the International Women's Media Foundation Africa Program	41	(12)
Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas
Laverne D. Webb
Using Appreciative Inquiry to Evaluate Project Activities of a Nongovernmental Organization Supporting Victims of Trauma in Sri Lanka	53	(10)
Mette Jacobsgaard
Incorporating Appreciative Inquiry Methods to Evaluate a Youth Development Program	63	(12)
Dawn Hanson Smart
Mariann Mann
Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry	75	(10)
Patricia J. Rogers
Dugan Fraser
Inquiry into Appreciative Evaluation	85	(14)
Michael Quinn Patton
Index	99