Culturally responsive approaches to evaluation : empirical implications for theory and practice /
Chouinard, Jill Anne,
Culturally responsive approaches to evaluation : empirical implications for theory and practice / Jill Anne Chouinard, University of Victoria Fiona Cram Katoa Ltd.. - xvi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Evaluation in practice series ; 4 . - Evaluation in practice series ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-161) and index.
"Evaluators have always worked in diverse communities, and the programs they evaluate are designed to address often intractable socio-political and economic issues. Evaluations that explicitly aim to be more responsive to culture and cultural context are, however, a more recent phenomenon. This book utilizes a conceptual framework that foregrounds culture in social inquiry, and then uses that framework to analyze empirical studies across three distinct cultural domains of evaluation practice (Western, Indigenous and international development). The authors provide a comparative analysis of these studies and discuss lessons drawn from them in order to help evaluators extend their current thinking and practice. They conclude with an agenda for ongoing research in culturally responsive approaches in evaluation"--
9781506368535 1506368530
2019950574
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Culture.
Culture.
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
AZ191 / .C56 2020
Culturally responsive approaches to evaluation : empirical implications for theory and practice / Jill Anne Chouinard, University of Victoria Fiona Cram Katoa Ltd.. - xvi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Evaluation in practice series ; 4 . - Evaluation in practice series ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-161) and index.
"Evaluators have always worked in diverse communities, and the programs they evaluate are designed to address often intractable socio-political and economic issues. Evaluations that explicitly aim to be more responsive to culture and cultural context are, however, a more recent phenomenon. This book utilizes a conceptual framework that foregrounds culture in social inquiry, and then uses that framework to analyze empirical studies across three distinct cultural domains of evaluation practice (Western, Indigenous and international development). The authors provide a comparative analysis of these studies and discuss lessons drawn from them in order to help evaluators extend their current thinking and practice. They conclude with an agenda for ongoing research in culturally responsive approaches in evaluation"--
9781506368535 1506368530
2019950574
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Culture.
Culture.
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
AZ191 / .C56 2020