Naturalistic Evaluation: Its Tenets and Application

1 This paper is based on the author's doctoral dissertation entitled The utilization of naturalistic evaluation for art program evaluation: A case study (Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University, 1981). Dissertation Abstracts International, 1982, 42, 3394A. (University Microfilms No. 8200863)

Abstract

This paper considers naturalistic evaluation as a form of qualitative inquiry and discusses its relationship to other qualitative pursuits. A description of the naturalistic evaluation process is followed by a discussion of the philosophical and methodological bonds that exist between such fields as ethnography, educational criticism, and naturalistic evaluation. The value and potential for using naturalistic evaluation in art education is then explored.

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Blanche Mallins Rubin

Blanche Mallins Rubin is assistant professor of art, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois.