Culturally responsive evaluation: A scoping review of the evaluation literature

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102322

Lauren Kushnier , Shevaun Nadin , Mary Ellen Hill , Mischa Taylor , Shelly Jun , Christopher J. Mushquash , Giulia Puinean , Rebecca Gokiert

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Abstract

Evaluators have become increasingly aware of the influence of culture in evaluation, leading to new evaluation approaches that account for the cultural considerations in which evaluations are situated. This scoping review sought to explore how evaluators understand culturally responsive evaluation and identify promising practices. A search of nine evaluation journals yielded 52 articles that were included in this review. Nearly two-thirds of the articles stated that community involvement was essential to culturally responsive evaluation. Power differentials were discussed in almost half of the articles, and the majority used participatory or collaborative approaches to community engagement. Findings from this review suggest that in culturally responsive evaluation, evaluators prioritize community involvement and have an awareness and attentiveness to power differentials. Yet, gaps exist in how culture and evaluation are defined and interpreted, and consequently, inconsistency in how culturally responsive evaluation is practiced.

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文化响应性评价：评价文献的范围界定综述

评估人员越来越意识到文化在评估中的影响，从而产生了新的评估方法，考虑到评估所处的文化因素。这项范围界定审查旨在探讨评估人员如何理解文化响应性评估，并确定有前景的做法。检索了9种评价期刊，共有52篇文章被收录在这篇综述中。近三分之二的文章指出，社区参与对文化响应性评价至关重要。几乎一半的文章都讨论了权力差异，大多数文章使用了参与或合作的方式来进行社区参与。这项审查的结果表明，在文化响应性评估中，评估者优先考虑社区参与，并对权力差异有意识和关注。然而，在如何定义和解释文化和评价方面存在差距，因此，在如何实施文化响应性评价方面存在不一致。

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Evaluation and Program Planning SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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112

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