Re: somewhat relevant to the constructivist issue...

Angel M.Y. Lin (mylin who-is-at oise.on.ca)
Tue, 19 Sep 1995 14:23:59 -0400 (EDT)

Hi Gary!
I would love to read your article! Could you send it along to me via e-mail?
By the way, James Heap has an article critiquing Guba and Lincoln's 4th
generation evaluation as well; I guess you may find it interesting and
relevant to your work:

Heap, James L. (1995). Constructionism in the rhetoric and practice of
fourth generation evaluation. _Evaluation and Program Planning_ , 18, 1,
pp. 51-61.

The paper also gives an account of the philosophical and historical
developments of constructionism, cognitive and social. Interestingly,
James uses "constructionism" and "constructivism" as equivalents and instead
distinguishes between "COGNITIVE constructionism" and "SOCIAL
constructionism". For social constructionism, he draws heavily on
Pollner's work:

Pollner, M. (1993). The reflexivity of constructionism and the
construction of reflexivity. In J.A. Holstein & G. Miller (Eds.),
Reconsidering social constructionism: Debates in social problems theory
(pp. 199-212). new York: Aldine de Gruyter.

I can send you a copy of James' paper if you want.

Best wishes,
Angel
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Angel M.Y. Lin
Doctoral Candidate
Modern Language Centre
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
252 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ON M5S 1V6, Canada
E-Mail: MYLIN who-is-at OISE.ON.CA
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