| Session Title: An Exposition of Values Associated with Cultural Competence in Evaluation. |
| Skill-Building Workshop 702 to be held in Avalon B on Friday, Nov 4, 2:50 PM to 4:20 PM |
| Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Arthur Hernandez, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, art.hernandez@tamucc.edu |
| Abstract: Cultural Competency is an essential part of professional practice. This session will consist of an interactive experience of values exploration and clarification. Participants of various backgrounds and perspectives will share their cultural frameworks through the expression of values words and statements which will be written on cards organized by working groups with the intent to determine hierarchies and relationships. Participants will identify their various preferences/perspectives related to: 1) favorite or most often used theory of evaluation, 2) propensity for quantitative or qualitative methods, and 3) experience in cross and multicultural settings by selecting colored cards related to each. The groups will be comprised of groups of similar colors. The product of the session will be “concept maps” reflecting the various perspectives and enabling the exploration of rules and relationships among and between values, valuing and culture and the practice of evaluation which will be shared with the larger group and can serve as the basis for a monograph to which any interested participant can contribute. |