Pacific Worlds: NHEA Workshop Evaluations 2004, #1

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Native Hawaiian Education Association, 2001 Conference
Audience Reaction Survey

Session 1
Held at Windward Community College, Honolulu
Total respondents = 14

Workshop Sponsor:
Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities

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

Philosophy	5
History	12
Literary Studies	4
Languages	7
Ethics	0
Comparative Religion	2
Cultural Anthropology	12
Archaeology	4
Linguistics	1
Social Sciences	7
Jurisprudence	0
History, theory & criticism of Arts	5

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

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

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

7	Stimulating	0	Superficial	4	Well Paced
14	Informative	0	Too scholarly	0	Boring
0	Biased	14	Well Balanced	13	Enriching
2	Clearly Focused	0	Confusing	0	Wordy

Overall, how would you rate this program?

Poor	0
Fair	0
Good	8
Excellent	6

Participant reaction surveys to workshops:

February 2001
O‘ahu

June 2001
(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

• I hope to see more sites on the Pacific Worlds. There was very informative stuff.

• My first time to learn about these websites and there was great information for Hawaiian educators.

• Time was limited but it covered all basics well for further information outside of class.

• Many links in the site were not working.

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

[all respondents learned of it through the NHEA program schedule]

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

• Information on a fairly wide range of subjects.

• Learning new ideas.

• Learning about the website and the exercises that can be used for teaching.

• The handout explaining and providing curriculum.

• Learning tools and information via a website, and can bring to classroom.

• Everything about the program was interesting, encouraging, and inspiring.

• Learning about the resource material this provides to help younger Hawaiians lear about their ‘aina.

• The format, content, versatility of use of material, availability of curriculum and further resources, alignment to standards.

• The “value” based presentation of the subjects rather than “fact” based.

• Resources I can use now in my class.

• Knowledge about the site and how the information was collected, to be comparable to other islands.

• Usefulness of program, richness of content, and scope of project presented.

• Exploring the Pacific Worlds website.

4. What were the least worthwhile parts?

• None.

• Found discrepancies (but it is an ongoing project).

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

• Very good presentation.

• It was very informative. It got my juices flowing….like how we can apply this to home; perhaps do our own ahupua‘a, our own website….very cool.

• I would like to see more sites up. Other than that, it was a good job and keep up the good work.

• (1) Expand upon Pacific Worlds and update Hawaiian portion;
(2) Mored details, info: moku, ahupua‘a, kapu system, etc.

• I enjoyed attending this workshop because it related to what I do as a kupuna working with K-2nd grade students. Mahalo for your knowledge and expertise.

• Keep up the good work!!!

Ethnic Background (of Participants): • [none identified] • Hawaiian/Chinese • Hawaiian • Hawaiian/Chinese/German/Dutch/Irish • Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish • [none identified] • Cosmopolitan • Hawaiian • [none identified] • Japanese • Hawaiian, Chinese, German, Irish • Samoan/Caucasian • Caucasian • Hawaiian-Samoan

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