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Attending the ceremony in support of Hugh Dunn and Morris Lai (wearing lei) were Alice Taum, Kathy Berg, Don Young, Susan Saka and Kathy Tibbetts.
Education DVD Wins Publication Competition
Manoa Education Associates Morris Lai, Hugh Dunn and IT Specialist Mark Yap received first place in the School Evaluation and Program Development Division’s outstanding publications competition for their DVD A Mo‘olelo Evaluation of Pihana Na Mamo. The DVD focuses on alternative techniques for report planning, research, evaluation and assessment activities.
The team chose a storytelling approach as it is more culturally appropriate than a written evaluation report. “Pihana Na Mamo uses traditional Hawaiian culture to enhance the education of today’s Native Hawaiian children who are among the most at risk in areas such as education, crime, teen pregnancy and health,” Lai says.
Aside from technical quality, category standards included innovativeness in presentation and clarity for the intended audience. “The video of the evaluation does not go against the grain of what evaluators look for in a more traditional written report,” Dunn says. “We wove quantitative date in with qualitative data throughout, keeping our audience in mind.”