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This chapter comprises four interrelated sections. The first asks whether student engagement can sensibly be connected to evaluation at all; and whether and how neoliberalism influences mainstream evaluation theories and practices. The second section outlines key features of mainstream evaluation in neoliberal times so that its weaknesses can be critiqued in the third. The fourth section discusses how a critical approach to evaluation might take evaluation beyond the mainstream.
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Zepke, N. (2017). Supporting Engagement Through Critical Evaluation. In: Student Engagement in Neoliberal Times. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3200-4_10
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