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Publication Date: 2019-Dec
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Confucian Evaluation: Reframing Contribution Analysis Using a Confucian Lens
Dinh, Kathryn; Worth, Heather; Haire, Bridget; Hong, Khuat Thu
American Journal of Evaluation, v40 n4 p562-574 Dec 2019
Culturally responsive evaluation contests that Western-derived evaluation methods represent a universal truth and promotes approaches that reflect the local context. Taking this approach, we examine how the method of contribution analysis may be modified to reflect a different worldview. We reframe contribution analysis using a Confucian lens as Confucianism represents a value system that is still integral to the way societies operate in several East and Southeast Asian countries today. First, we unpack the theory behind contribution analysis and how it is applied by Western evaluators then compare this with aspects of Confucianism. We then examine how the application of contribution analysis might be modified to take into account a Confucian worldview. Finally, we discuss how, in a world of globalized, complex societies, this approach could be used by evaluators to adapt evaluation methods to be congruent with the worldviews in the local context where an evaluation is occurring.
Descriptors: Confucianism, Social Values, World Views, Asian Culture, Cultural Awareness, Evaluation Methods, Comparative Analysis, Global Approach, Cultural Context, Context Effect, Evaluators, Postmodernism, Educational Philosophy, Attribution Theory, Individualism, Collectivism, Power Structure
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