Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
This book addresses the challenges faced by arts organizations, schools, and community-based settings when designing program evaluations and measuring artistic engagement and experience. With contributions from leaders in the field, this volume is an exemplary collection of complete program evaluations that assess music, theater, dance, multimedia, and the visual arts in a variety of contexts.