Reflections on Being a Learner: The Value of Relationship-based Community Evaluations in Indigenous Communities
Abstract: Drawing on Donna M. Mertens and Amy T. Willson’s work on transformative paradigms in program evaluations, together with the author’s experience working in partnership with First Nations communities in Ontario, this paper explores the lessons learned from the process of moving between assum...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/cjpe.68857 2023-12-31T10:06:54+01:00 Reflections on Being a Learner: The Value of Relationship-based Community Evaluations in Indigenous Communities McKinley, Gerald 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.68857 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjpe/article/download/68857/53896 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cjpe.68857 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation volume 34, issue 3, page 464-479 ISSN 0834-1516 1496-7308 Library and Information Sciences journal-article 2020 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.68857 2023-12-01T08:17:51Z Abstract: Drawing on Donna M. Mertens and Amy T. Willson’s work on transformative paradigms in program evaluations, together with the author’s experience working in partnership with First Nations communities in Ontario, this paper explores the lessons learned from the process of moving between assumptions and application using the transformative paradigm in First Nations evaluations; explores the relationships between power, discourse, and paradigms in the relationship between Western and Indigenous ways of knowing and being; and asks what steps an can evaluator take to ensure that local epistemological and ontological perspectives are respected and captured. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation 34 3 |
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Abstract: Drawing on Donna M. Mertens and Amy T. Willson’s work on transformative paradigms in program evaluations, together with the author’s experience working in partnership with First Nations communities in Ontario, this paper explores the lessons learned from the process of moving between assumptions and application using the transformative paradigm in First Nations evaluations; explores the relationships between power, discourse, and paradigms in the relationship between Western and Indigenous ways of knowing and being; and asks what steps an can evaluator take to ensure that local epistemological and ontological perspectives are respected and captured. |
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Reflections on Being a Learner: The Value of Relationship-based Community Evaluations in Indigenous Communities |
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Reflections on Being a Learner: The Value of Relationship-based Community Evaluations in Indigenous Communities |
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Reflections on Being a Learner: The Value of Relationship-based Community Evaluations in Indigenous Communities |
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reflections on being a learner: the value of relationship-based community evaluations in indigenous communities |
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