Interactionist Evaluators Look for "What Is" Not "What Should Be.".

Bullock, Charles C.

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Interactionist Evaluators Look for "What Is" Not "What Should Be."

Bullock, Charles C.

Parks and Recreation, v17 n2 p37-39 Feb 1982

A symbolic interactionist approach to evaluation views the evaluator as an observer of group behavior in which individual action aligns with collective action. The evaluator attempts to discover what is actually going on in the program being evaluated. Though the interactionist approach frees the program manager from having to articulate goals, it does not discourage program innovations. (JN)

Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Group Behavior, Individualism, Interaction, Observation, Organizational Objectives, Program Administration, Program Evaluation, Recreational Programs, Social Behavior

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