Chris Hasegawa's comments on "audience "
Janet Schofield (schof@vms.cis.pitt.edu)
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 15:13:23 +0000
I stongly agaree with Chris' comments about the importance of looking
to the broader audience as well as the immediate audeince of those
involved in an evaluation. Consistent with this orientation, I would
suggest that an emphasis on why things went as they did may be very
informative, rather than focussing exclusively on how much was
accomplished with a given program. The program is likely to be
evolving and even if it is not the context in which it is functioning
will be. This means that success in one year does not guarantee
similar success in the next. But if we can understand the dynamics of
what it occurring, it may be possible to understand how to direct and
manage the change so that it is fruitful. In addition, this may help
people elsewhere to understand the degree to which finding in one case
or likely to applicable to their own somewnat different case.
Janet Schofield