Are We Throwing Away Our Wisdom? Pragmatic Psychology's Argument for Organizing Program Evaluation Studies into Core Knowledge Databases.
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| Title: | Are We Throwing Away Our Wisdom? Pragmatic Psychology's Argument for Organizing Program Evaluation Studies into Core Knowledge Databases. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Fishman, Daniel B. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Document Type: | Opinion Papers Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | Case Studies, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Knowledge Level, Program Evaluation, Psychology |
| Abstract: | Individual program evaluation studies have the potential to accumulate of very valuable knowledge and practical wisdom. Drawing on "The Case for Pragmatic Psychology" (D. Fishman, 1999), this paper contends that much of this wisdom is being thrown away because of the positivist paradigm used in determining which knowledge should be archived through publication and which should be discarded. It is suggested that a way of retaining the wisdom of individual evaluation studies is to implement a new "pragmatic psychology" paradigm within which individual program evaluations are documented in peer reviewed, systematic case studies that are electronically published in searchable, cumulative databases. (Contains 12 references.) (SLD) |
| Entry Date: | 2000 |
| Accession Number: | ED438295 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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