Taxonomy of potential value conflicts in evaluations¶

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Description¶

The article presents a taxonomy of the value conflicts that arise in evaluation processes. Its basis is stated as follows: "Basis is the distinction of types of conflict (aims vs. means conflicts; qualitative vs. quantitative conflicts)." The taxonomy organizes conflicts across six areas of values and is intended as an analytical tool to be applied to concrete evaluation processes before they start.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• The taxonomy presupposes identifying which of the six value areas a given conflict belongs to and whether the conflict is on the goal or means level and qualitative or quantitative.

Constraints¶

• The article applies and illustrates the taxonomy only on one concrete evaluation process, the student rating of teaching at the University of Salzburg.

Target Learners¶

• evaluators and quality assessors in higher education

Target Learning Objectives¶

• analyzing value conflicts in educational evaluation processes

Claims¶

• The value-conflict taxonomy is applied to student rating of teaching at the University of Salzburg, surfacing conflicts such as bandwidth vs. fidelity [+W]

Related Theories¶

• Six areas of values in evaluation conflicts

Examples¶

• Use the taxonomy of value conflicts before starting an evaluation

Key Sources¶

• Patry, Jean-Luc, & Gastager, Angela. (2004). Kokybės vertinimo dilemos – Dilemmas in quality assessment. The Quality of Higher Education 2004/1. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ874233