NARRATIONAL

The learning and the assessment center storytelling and other non-quantifiable methods as a way of knowing/being that is valued, and the learners are the authors and narrators of their own stories of learning

  • this requires us to move away from thinking that assessment means there must be a finite list of "acceptable answers" that determine a prescribed definition of proficiency
  • Story as data - to listen and validate stories and oral traditions as evidence in ways that open a new constellation of student learning “data” (Street Data, p.61)

what MINDSET SHIFTS might be needed 

  • presentations of learning
  • exhibitions
  • portfolio defenses
  • capstone projects
  • story circles
  • identity/journey maps
  • case studies
  • oral histories
  • biography

What this could look like

  • challenges the "worship of the written word" characteristic of white supremacy culture (Okun) by valuing and uplifting other forms of sharing knowledge, insight, and understanding
  • humanizes growth and development rather than trapping learning in "intellectual" spaces

how might this be liberatory?

SEE IT IN PRACTICE...

Mālama HONUA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL(MHPCS)
OAHU, HI

Mālama Honua Public Charter School (MHPCS) is dedicated to providing the students of Hawaiʻi a rigorous education rooted in our indigenous cultural values. MHPCS students share their learning in Defense Presentations at 5th and 8th grade. Defense marks an important passage from fifth grade to middle school. As a steward and student of Mālama Honua Public Charter School, the ʻnavigatorʻ has kuleana to live the values of aloha, mālama, ʻimi ʻike, lokomaikaʻi, naʻau pono, and olakino maikaʻi, as well as to master Mind of the Navigator Skills.

ONE STONE STUDENt-led non-profit
Boise, ID

The Curation of Me story project is the result of a process of deep reflection and introspection. The Curation of Me presentation is the student’s opportunity to tell their story of growth— through the challenges, successes, and revelations they experienced along the way. It is the manifestation of the students fulfillment of their talents and potentialities. Through the Curation of Me, students take ownership and pride in who they have become and where they are going, sharing the tools and experiences they have collected to guide them through the next stages of their life. 
 

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