Abstract
Volume: 14/ 2014 | Publication Collection: Northern Institute - Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts | Read the full record details for Publication: Program evaluation in a cross-cultural context: Action research, program logic and youth justice in Thailand
Highlights
There are many publications and manuals that attempt to provide ideal or best practice approaches to conducting evaluations in community and cross-cultural settings
In this paper the authors demonstrate the application of an action research approach based around the development and use of program logic models, as part of an evaluation of a multi-faceted juvenile justice project being developed in Thailand
The focus of this paper is an evaluation project being conducted by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) for the Thailand Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection (DJOP)
Summary
There are many publications and manuals that attempt to provide ideal or best practice approaches to conducting evaluations in community and cross-cultural settings. In this paper the authors demonstrate the application of an action research approach based around the development and use of program logic models, as part of an evaluation of a multi-faceted juvenile justice project being developed in Thailand. By describing the process used, the paper aims to provide insights about the benefits and limitations of Participatory Action Research approaches to generating shared understandings of evaluation in a cross-cultural, multi-language context. Some insights are provided into how the practice of evaluation can occur successfully in a real world situation where situational constraints affect both the evaluators and participants
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