Transformative Paradigm EDLP 711 Antonio McLaren Bill Caten Decardra Jackson Donna Jackson

Transformative ParadigmEDLP 711

Antonio McLarenBill Caten

Decardra JacksonDonna Jackson

What’s your lens?

methods

use

Social accountability, fiscal control, and social inquiry

values

social justice

Definition of Transformative Paradigm

- Importance of Cultural Respect/Cultural Norms- Promotion of Social Justice- Furtherance of human rights- Addressing inequities; Reciprocity is necessary

Axiology

- World is multifaceted- Rejects cultural relativism- Versions of reality are based on social

positioning- Conscious recognition of

consequences of privileging versions of reality

Ontology

- Knowledge constructed within a context of

power & privilege

- Knowledge neither absolute nor relative

- Interactive link between evaluator and

participant/stakeholders

- Knowledge is socially and historically situated

- need to address issues of power and trust

Epistemology

- Qualitative (dialogic) but quantitative and mixed methods can be used

- Contextual, cyclical, consideration of historical factors, especially as they

related to oppression

Methodology

Deliberative Democratic Evaluation

Country-Led Evaluation

Critical Race Theory Evaluation

Indigenous Self-Determination Evaluation

Theory to Practice: Evaluation Methods

Ernest House, Kenneth Howe, Jennifer Greene

Marco Segone, Karen Kirkhart

Asa Hilliard, Leander Boykin

Cheryl Crazy Bull, Fiona Cram

Theory to Practice: Evaluation Methods

Culturally Responsive Evaluation

Disability – & Deaf-Rights-Based Evaluation

Feminist Evaluation

Transformative Participatory Evaluation

Rebecca Zulli, Henry Frierson

Donna Mertens, Martin Sullivan

Kathryn Sielbeck-Bowen, Cynthia Dillard

Ineke Buskens, Sarah Earl

Life is like a card game …Everyone gets a set of cards …

While you can’t control the cards you get …

You can decide how to play them …

Patterns, Realities, Rules,Resources, and Relationships