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