Pacific Worlds: NHEA Workshop Evaluations 2001, #2

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Native Hawaiian Education Association, 2001 Conference
Audience Reaction Survey

Session 2:
Held at Leeward Community College, Honolulu
Total respondents = 18

Workshop Sponsor:
Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities

In your opinion, which of the following humanities areas were involved in this program?

Philosophy	8
History	18
Literary Studies	8
Languages	15
Ethics	3
Comparative Religion	2
Cultural Anthropology	18
Archaeology	10
Linguistics	6
Social Sciences	10
Jurisprudence	2
History, theory & criticism of Arts	10

What approaches to the humanities content did the program presenters use?

13	Provided info from the perspectives of humanities fields of study
3	Raised questions about ethical values or human rights etc.
8	Compared or contrasted alternative ways of thinking
8	Encouraged critical thinking and questioning
4	Interpreted, analyzed or clarified the issues involved
8	Explained historical patterns for background
6	Discussed cultural differences
10	Encouraged audience discussion and participation

Please check all the words and phrases you think apply to the program:

12	Stimulating	1	Superficial	7	Well Paced
16	Informative	1	Too scholarly	1	Boring
3	Biased	8	Well Balanced	12	Enriching
9	Clearly Focused	0	Confusing	3	Wordy

Overall, how would you rate this program?

Poor	1
Fair	0
Good	7
Excellent	10

Participant reaction surveys to workshops:

February 2001
O‘ahu

June 2001 - East West Center (data not available)

November 2001
Kaua‘i

March 2002
NHEA Conference:
1st Session
2nd Session

August 2002
Guam:
#1: Elementary
#2: Middle & High

March 2004
NHEA Conference:
1st Session
2nd Session

March 2004
"Focus Micronesia"

PATE 2004
Samoa

1. Other Comments

• More information on the primary sources used and their availability

• Did not provide sufficient guidance in how this program can be effectively used as a tool in teaching and learning. Need to improve training workshop presentation.

• I really should learn more about computers!

• Great endeavor

• Website and verbal presentation were great. Can’t wait for the rest of the communities to come online

2. How did you learn about this program (newspaper, organizational newsletter, radio, TV, from a friend, flyer, poster, etc.)?

• Conference Program

• Program flyer • Speaker

• Through Hawaiian studies Kupuna Program

• Told by a friend that was to be held today

• NHEA conference

3. For you, what were the most worthwhile parts or aspects of the program?

• Time to get into the website and see what’s available

• The building of an informational website for use in education and research • Website was excellent

• Learning about educational site

• Being able to know that I could connect to the sites for expanded knowledge

• Wonderful to know that this format is available

• Everything

• Hawaiian info made available

• Topic and technology used

• Legends

• People and historical places

• How we preserve information and use technology to educate others

• Website itself and having the researchers and web designer present to provide background information.

4. What were the least worthwhile parts?

• All were worthwhile

• Lacking luster/warmth; should have a more “local” look to it

5. Please feel free to comment below on any aspect of the program. Thank you for your assistance.

• Mahalo for sharing information

• For now, because this is my first experience with the computer, the info is sufficient with me

• Willingness of presenters to share their mana‘o and for future contact as a resource

• Very informative and very easy to browse

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