How and Why Language Matters in Evaluation New Directions for Evaluation, Number 86

, by Hopson, Rodney

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This is the 86th issue of the quarterly journals "New Directions for Evaluation,"

RODNEY K. HOPSON is an assistant professor of education in the Department of Foundations and Leadership, School of Education, and a faculty member in the Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research at Duquesne University of Pittsburgh. 17 02 While attention to language issues is well accepted in social science research, serious consideration of language in evaluation research andpractice has been limited. Yet, say the authors of this volume, significant contributions could be made to the theory, practice, and methods used by evaluators simply by understanding the important relationship between language and evaluation. This issue fills a void in the evaluation literature by illuminating the ways language shapes our understanding of social policies and programs we evaluate. The contributors-drawn from a range of diverse disciplines-consider why and how language is an evaluation issue and outline the conceptual and practical concerns it raises. Drawing from such varied examples as a statewide at-risk youth project, a Quebec welfare program, mixed-sex focus groups, and an urban tuberculosis screening program, the authors provide a balance of conceptual analysis and practical advice that clearly shows how careful attention to language can improve what evaluators do today as well as spark new and thoughtfu ldiscussion in the future.

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(4)

Rodney K. Hopson

Overview: Language Matters

(12)

Michael Qunn Patton

Language in Defining Social Problems and in Evaluating Social Programs

(12)

Anna Marie Madison

HIV/AIDS Talk: Implications for Prevention Intervention and Evaluation

(14)

Rodney K. Hopson

Kenya J. Lucas

James A. Peterson

Translating Evaluation Findings into ``Policy Language''

(12)

Kenneth Cabatoff

Sociolinguistic Dynamics of Gender in Focus Groups

(14)

Courtney L. Brown

Beyond the Literal: Metaphors and Why They Matter

(12)

Alexis Kaminsky

Dialogue for Learning: Evaluator as Critical Friend

(12)

Sharon F. Rallis

Gretchen B. Rossman

Border Lessons: Linguistic ``Rich Points'' and Evaluative Understanding

(18)

Michael Agar

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