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Session Title: A Radically Different Approach to Evaluator Competencies
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Multipaper Session 800 to be held in PRESIDIO B on Saturday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Jane Davidson,
Real Evaluation Ltd, jane@realevaluation.co.nz
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| Discussant(s): |
| Michael Scriven,
Claremont Graduate University, mjscriv1@gmail.com
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| Rodney Hopson,
Duquesne University, hopson@duq.edu
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Privileging Culture and Cultural Competence in an Evaluator Competency Framework
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| Presenter(s):
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| Nan Wehipeihana, Research Evaluation Consultancy Limited, nanw@clear.net.nz
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| Abstract:
Title: Privileging culture and cultural competence in an evaluator competency framework Being Maori is ‘privileged’ in the commissioning and selection of evaluators for evaluations that have a primary focus on Maori, in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is generally not considered appropriate for non-Maori evaluators to lead Maori focused evaluations. More broadly, quality in evaluation and being a ‘good’ evaluator means being able to engage with, collect and analyze data ideally from within the cultural context; be it Maori, Pasifika or another cultural context or setting. This paper will discuss how in the development of anzea’s evaluator competency framework, a number of key issues were grappled with including:
• The balancing of indigenous values, and the values of other cultures.
• The context of indigenous rights and the Treaty of Waitangi and concerns about the privileging of worldviews.
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