Date of Graduation
2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College/School
School of Education
Department
Learning and Instruction
Program
Learning & Instruction EdD
First Advisor
Patricia Busk
Second Advisor
Xornam Apedoe
Third Advisor
Desiree Zerquera
Abstract
The disjuncture-response dialectic proposes that the assessment development practices of Indigenous assessment developers exist within a broader environment where attention to broader themes such as settler colonialism (Wolfe, 2006) and Indigenous sovereignty is incorporated. To understand this dialectic, this study sought insight from Indigenous assessment developers about the issues they face when developing culturally specific assessments for use within their environments and settings.This study used a critical (Giroux, 1979; Horkheimer, 2018; McKenzie, 2012) comparative case study approach (Bartlett & Vavrus, 2017) with a convenience sample of three Indigenous assessment developers representing a cross-section of culturally specific assessment development projects across North America and Hawaiʻi. The data for this study were drawn from interviews with Indigenous assessment developers with whom the researcher has collaborated toward the development of culturally specific assessments. The study design incorporated a horizontal, transversal, and a pair of dialectical vertical axes to establish the framing of the interviews. The study findings indicate that Indigenous assessment developers situate measurement disjuncture and culturally specific assessment within larger oppositional structures that include settler colonialism, intellectual elimination, intellectual amplification, and Indigenous sovereignty. The establishment of the disjuncture-response dialectic as a theoretical framework has implications for both research and practice and lead to a generalized disjuncture-response dialectic as a wider theoretical framework that encompasses broader oppositional structures that exist in other fields and disciplines.
Recommended Citation
Sul, D. A. (2021). Indigenous assessment developers on elements of the disjuncture-response dialectic: A critical comparative case study. Retrieved from https://repository.usfca.edu/diss/571
