Exploring Appreciative Inquiry as a Useful Evaluation Approach for Improving Early Childhood Program Quality
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This study explored possibilities of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in evaluating and improving quality of early childhood education and care in South Korea. An AI-based evaluation approach was developed and implemented in four child care centers and two kindergartens in an attempt to increase the utility of program evaluation and make meaningful changes in stakeholders’ active participation and ownership of evaluation. The 4-I cycle−Inquire, Imagine, Innovate, Implement−of the evaluation approach was perceived by participating teachers as vitalizing and illuminating opportunities to share visions and make changes based on institutional strengths. Components for successful AI-based evaluations are suggested in pursuit of teachers’ agency, reflection, collaboration, and promoting a constructive culture.
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This study explored possibilities of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in evaluating and improving quality of early childhood education and care in South Korea. An AI-based evaluation approach was developed and implemented in four child care centers and two kindergartens in an attempt to increase the utility of program evaluation and make meaningful changes in stakeholders’ active participation and ownership of evaluation. The 4-I cycle−Inquire, Imagine, Innovate, Implement−of the evaluation approach was perceived by participating teachers as vitalizing and illuminating opportunities to share visions and make changes based on institutional strengths. Components for successful AI-based evaluations are suggested in pursuit of teachers’ agency, reflection, collaboration, and promoting a constructive culture.
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