科学现实主义和批判现实主义对现实主义评价的贡献

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Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, D. D. De Souza, J. Eastwood
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摘要

近年来,现实主义评价在评价领域日益突出。它以理论为导向的方法来解释方案如何运作以及为什么运作,这对许多新手、早期职业研究人员和在全球实施各种方案的组织具有吸引力,并与政策制定者和方案实施者相关。虽然现实主义评价寻求务实,采用可用于帮助集中评价的原则和方法,但其深刻的本体论和认识论基础使其在现实生活中的应用具有挑战性。在本文中,我们试图解开支撑现实主义评价实际应用的关键原则。尽管Pawson和Tilley在应用科学现实主义中展望了现实主义评价,但我们认为,科学和批判现实主义原则的结合是现实主义评价的基础。我们对这些原则进行了解读,并说明了它们是如何相互融合的,为现实主义评价提供了有力的理论基础。
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The contributions of scientific realism and critical realism to realist evaluation
ABSTRACT Realist evaluation has gained prominence in the field of evaluation in recent years. Its theory-driven approach to explaining how and why programmes work or not makes it attractive to many novices, early career researchers, and organizations implementing various programmes globally and relevant to policymakers and programme implementers. While realist evaluation seeks to be pragmatic, adopting principles and methods that can be used to help focus an evaluation, its deep ontological and epistemological foundations make its application in real-life situations challenging. In this paper, we seek to unpack the key tenets scaffolding the practical application of realist evaluation. Although Pawson and Tilley foreground realist evaluation in applied scientific realism, we argue that an amalgam of scientific and critical realist principles underpins realist evaluation. We unpack these principles and illustrate how they fit into each other to provide a cogent theoretical foundation for realist evaluation.
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