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How and Why Language Matters in Evaluation: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 86
Rodney Hopson (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-7879-5430-7
Paperback
115 pages
June 2000
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Table of Contents
 
Overview: Language Matters (M. Patton).

Language in Defining Social Problems and in Evaluating Social Programs (A. Madison).

HIV/AIDS Talk: Implications for Prevention Intervention and Evaluation (R. Hopson, et al.).

Translating Evaluation Findings into "Policy Language" (K. Cabatoff).

Sociolinguistic Dynamics of Gender in Focus Groups (C. Brown).

Beyond the Literal: Metaphors and Why They Matter (A. Kaminsky).

Dialogue for Learning: Evaluator as Critical Friend (S. Rallis & G. Rossman).

Border Lessons: Linguistic "Rich Points" and Evaluative Understanding (M. Agar).

 
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