Culturally Responsive Approaches to Research and Evaluation

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Evaluate and reflect upon your cultural location, personal and conceptual presuppositions and assumptions in evaluation and research.
• Identify key principles of culturally responsive evaluation and research.
• Investigate theoretical possibilities and various ways of applying culturally responsive strategies in different research and evaluation contexts.
• Critically analyze an evaluation context using specific guiding questions.
• Reflect on and identify key challenges and issues encountered in the field.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Assignment #1 | Class Participation	20 points - 20%
Assignment #2 | Cultural Identity Reflection & Peer Review	20 points - 20%
Assignment #3 | Case Analysis & Peer Review	15 points - 15%
Assignment #4 | Discussion Forum Participation	15 points – 15%
Assignment #5 | End of Course Assignment	30 points - 30%

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Hood, S., Frierson, H. T., Hopson, R. K., & Arbuthnot, K. (2022). Race and culturally responsive inquiry in education: Improving research, evaluation, and assessment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
• Thomas, V. G., & Campbell, P. B. (2020). Evaluation in Today’s World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.