Arts Evaluation and Assessment

Measuring Impact in Schools and Communities
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-87727-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 347 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Provides solutions for successfully designing and implementing arts evaluation and assessment in a variety of contexts.
Highlights the unique methods employed in evaluating the impact of music, theater, dance, musical theater, opera, and multimedia arts on students, teachers, teaching artists, and administrators.
The editors connect evaluation theory with actual practice, aligning innovative qualitative and quantitative methodology with the purpose and objectives of program evaluation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Neal, Ivonne Chand

Rajan, Rekha S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Schulpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Kunst, Musik, Theater (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Arts Evaluation.- 2. A Step in the Right Direction: Early Lessons from a Longitudinal Study of Dance Education as a Developmental Catalyst.- 3. Everyday Arts for Special Education: Impact on Student Learning and Teacher Development.- 4. Learning through Music: A Five-year Evaluation of the Cleveland Orchestra’s Learning Through Music Program.- 5. Aging and the Healing Power of Choral Music: A Community Responsive Evaluation of Vintage Voices.- 6. Cultivating School Culture: Tilling the Soil and Nourishing the Seeds through the Arts.- 7. Arts and Socioemotional Development: Evaluating a new Mandate for Arts Education.- 8. AP Research and the Arts: Evaluating a new Approach to College Preparation.- 9. The Path to “Play the Past”: An Evaluation Journey.- 10. The Best of Both Worlds: Using Multiple Evaluation Approaches to Build Capacity and Improve a Museum-Based Arts Program.- 11. Stages, Sights and Sounds: Evaluating Student Engagement with Live, Multimedia Performance.- 12. Accounting for Taste: Using Propensity Score Methods to Evaluate the Documentary Film, "Waiting for “Superman” 13. A Ship with Two Prows: Evaluating Professional Development for Contemporary Art Educators.- 14. Arts Policy and the Creative Economy.

Über Autor(innen)

Rekha S. Rajan is Co-Director for PANCH Research, LLC, an international consulting firm specializing in biomedical, health, education, arts research and program evaluation. She is the author of several books, over 50 articles and evaluations. She received her EdD in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University, is on the editorial boards for leading arts journals and was awarded grants from the NEA and Chicago Community Trust. Rajan is also a professional actress and classically trained vocalist.  
Ivonne Chand O’Neal is Principal at MUSE Research, an arts research and evaluation think tank. She sits on Research Advisory and Editorial boards for the Human Flourishing Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and was founding Director of Research and Evaluation for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.