Open AccessResponding to the Evaluation Capacity Needs of the Early Childhood Field: Insights from a Mixed Methods Community-based Participatory Design
Author(s) -
Rebecca Gokiert,
Cheryl Poth,
Bethan C. Kingsley,
Btissam El Hassar,
Teresa Mejia
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
canadian journal of program evaluation/the canadian journal of program evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1496-7308
pISSN - 0834-1516
DOI - 10.3138/cjpe.70920
Subject(s) - capacity building , interdependence , citizen journalism , knowledge management , participatory action research , multimethodology , resource (disambiguation) , capacity development , qualitative property , sociology , management science , psychology , pedagogy , environmental resource management , computer science , engineering , political science , social science , computer network , environmental science , world wide web , anthropology , law , machine learning
For this special issue, our article provides an illustrative example of data integration in a complex mixed methods design. It advances three mixed insights about the evaluation capacity needs of the early childhood field generated by using a mixed methods community-based participatory research (MMCBPR) design. We integrated quantitative findings from an evaluation capacity needs assessment toolwith qualitative themes from community consultations. Findings highlight the pressingneed for practices aimed at enhancing individual capacity through skills-based training, shifting organizational learning culture through resource investment, and cultivating interdependencies between organizational evaluation culture and individual evaluation capacity through engagement and collaborations.