4. • Delivering a seminar or workshop
• Consulting on faculty or workforce development
• Developing academic or training curricula and materials
• Lecturing at the graduate or undergraduate level
• Conducting needs assessments or evaluations for a program
or institution
9. Curso de Evaluación Transformadora
• 4 day course September 2016
• 35 evaluators from Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, and
Argentina
• Structure: Simultaneous translation of lecture and discussion in
the AM; application to small group projects in the PM
• Theme: How can evaluators contribute to the improvement of
social justice and human rights through the design and
implementation of their work?
10. Assumptions Beliefs
Axiology Cultural respect; promote social justice &
human rights; address inequities; reciprocity
Ontology Multi-faceted; consequences of privilege
Epistemology Interactive; trust
Methodology Transformative, dialogic, mixed methods
TRANSFORMATIVE PARADIGM
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11. QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE EVALUATION
• DO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO
CHANGE THINGS WHEN WE BEAR WITNESS TO
RACISM, ABLEISM, AUDISM, SEXISM OR OTHER
ISMS?
• HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE PLANS FOR USE INTO
THE DESIGN OF THE EVALUATION TO FACILITATE
SOCIAL CHANGE?
• HOW CAN WE ADDRESS POWER DIFFERENTIALS IN
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12. SOLUTIONS
• POWER IN THE HANDS OF MEMBERS OF MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES
• FORMATION OF TEAMS OF EVALUATORS THAT REPRESENT
DIVERSITY
• CAPACITY BUILDING OF EVALUATION TEAMS BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS RE: CULTURAL ISSUES
• CAPACITY BUILDING OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS RE:
EVALUATION STRATEGIES
• USE OF TRANSFORMATIVE CYCLICAL DESIGNS THAT ALLOW
FOR USE OF INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE EVALUATION
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14. BEING FLEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE
• TRANSFORMATIVE COURSE FOR RELAC
• UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL – SOCIAL WORK
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALBERTO HURTADO –
UG SOCIOLOGY
• PONTIFICA UNIVERSITY – GRADUATE
PUBLIC POLICY
• UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO – INCLUSION
OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
• MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
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15. RESOURCES
• MERTENS, D. M. & WILSON, A. (2012).
PROGRAM EVALUATION THEORY AND
PRACTICE: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE.
NY: GUILFORD.
• MERTENS, D. M. (2015). RESEARCH
AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION AND
PSYCHOLOGY: INTEGRATING
DIVERSITY WITH QUAL, QUANT AND
MIXED METHODS. 4TH ED. THOUSAND
OAKS, CA: SAGE.
• MERTENS, D. M. (2009).
TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH &
EVALUATION. NY: GUILFORD.
• MERTENS, D. M. & GINSBERG, P.
(2009).(EDS.) HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL
RESEARCH ETHICS. THOUSAND OAKS,
CA: SAGE.
• MERTENS, D.M., CRAM, F., & CHILISA, B.
(EDS.) (2013). INDIGENOUS
PATHWAYS. WALNUT CREEK, CA: LEFT
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16. CONTACT INFORMATION
DONNA M. MERTENS, PHD
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
DONNA.MERTENS@GALLAUDET.EDU
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