Using Ethnographic Methods to Evaluate the Department of Veterans Affairs Patient Safety Program

Goodman, Charity; Trainor, Brad; Divorski, Stan

doi:10.1525/napa.2005.24.1.057

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“…Applied anthropologists’ work in assessment and the methodology that some cultural anthropologists use to work in teams to analyze qualitative data can be used to establish and innovate assessment protocols that better fit anthropology department needs. For many years, applied and practicing anthropologists have worked in the area of assessment for NGOs, corporations, and other institutions (i.e., Beebe ; Copeland‐Carson ; Goodman, Trainor, and Divorski ; Jordan and Putz ; Squires ). Yet, in the area of education, anthropology as a discipline has been slower to apply these findings to develop, test, and distribute guidelines to help anthropology departments with assessment.…”

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Mapping Assessment in Anthropology: Using Team‐Based Qualitative Methodology to Create Learning Objectives and Evaluate Outcomes

Ricke

2019

Annals of Anthropol Pract

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Anthropology departments are increasingly faced with the challenge of developing assessment strategies to document and assess student learning as it relates to university‐ and state‐level learning objectives. This article draws on the work in applied anthropology as it relates to assessment and team‐based qualitative data analysis to develop and test a model for mapping assessment in higher education. It introduces a model for aligning course learning objectives with departmental, university, and state‐level goals and assessing student performance across multiple sections of an introductory anthropology course that contains different assignments, ethnographies, and exams. Based on case study data, this research shows how qualitative methods developed for team‐based research can be applied to sustain instructor creativity in the area of pedagogy while coordinating assessment.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%