A culturally responsive evaluation framework and its application in environmental education

KC Anderson, MJ Stern, RB Powell, AA Dayer… - Evaluation and Program …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the many challenges inherent in conducting high-quality evaluations in the field of
environmental education (EE), there is a growing recognition of the importance of …

Culturally responsive evaluation: A scoping review of the evaluation literature

L Kushnier, S Nadin, ME Hill, M Taylor, S Jun… - Evaluation and Program …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

The effects of Student Success Skills on attendance and emotion regulation

E Villares, H Bowers, G Brigman… - Journal of Counseling & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the effects of the Student Success Skills (SSS) intervention, an
Advocating Student‐within‐Environment‐informed intervention, on Hispanic students'(N …

Exploring identity-oriented evaluation for rural community development: A constructivist grounded theory approach

CE Sanders, AJ Lamm, A Borron - Community Development, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Many practitioners use culturally responsive approaches for community development;
however, identity-oriented frameworks may enhance holistic engagement with communities …

Nature or the outdoors? Understanding the power of language in elementary students' self-reported connection to nature

J Reas, KT Stevenson, L Gibson, J Beall… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Many previous studies have measured elementary-aged students' connection to nature
(CTN), but few have explicitly considered how the use of different terminology (eg …

Identifying areas and approaches for improving evaluation processes in environmental education in the United States of America

KC Anderson, MJ Stern, RB Powell - The Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Evaluation has not been used to its fullest potential in environmental education
(EE). Pressures from external stakeholders can cause organizations to focus on reporting …

A Framework for Deepening Racial Equity in Prenatal-Grade Three Systems: Lessons From a 10-Year Reflective Case Study

BL Green, LB Patterson, CR Houser - Educational Policy, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper uses a reflective, retrospective case study methodology to analyze data from a 10-
year University-Community partnership focused on supporting implementation and …

The Importance of Context for Determining Causal Mechanisms in Program Evaluation: The Case of Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention Among the Luo in …

M Kabare, J Northcote - American Journal of Evaluation, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The importance of considering wider contexts when evaluating the success or failure of
programs has been increasingly acknowledged with the shift towards culturally responsive …

Community-based development and indigenous evaluation in Africa: insights from Ghana

ES Boadu, I Ile - Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Community-based development (CBD) evaluation is often rooted in mainstream evaluation
theories and methods to the detriment of Afrocentric evaluation philosophies and practices …

Cultural competence: 10-year comparison of program evaluators' perceptions

K Dunaway, K Gardner… - American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
As part of its Guiding Principles for Evaluators, the American Evaluation Association (AEA)
requires that evaluators develop cultural competencies. Using a successive-independent …