Egon Guba's Conceptual Journey to Constructivist Evaluation: A Tribute

Stufflebeam pays tribute to Egon Guba, his mentor and colleague for more than four decades. Here, he provides a chronological summary of Guba's main conceptual contributions in the area of evaluation, culminating with a summary of the constructivist evaluation paradigm. Moreover, he offers a br...

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Published in:Qualitative inquiry 2008-12, Vol.14 (8), p.1386-1400
Main Author: Stufflebeam, Daniel L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Constructivism
Deaths
Educational Research
Guba, Egon
Nostalgia
Qualitative Methods
Research Methodology
Researchers
Writers
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Summary:Stufflebeam pays tribute to Egon Guba, his mentor and colleague for more than four decades. Here, he provides a chronological summary of Guba's main conceptual contributions in the area of evaluation, culminating with a summary of the constructivist evaluation paradigm. Moreover, he offers a brief assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of constructivist evaluation and concludes that by stressing the great value and significance of Guba's contributions.
ISSN:1077-8004
1552-7565
DOI:10.1177/1077800408325308