How can collaborative Action Research help to define the objectives of an interdisciplinary arts project and guide its implementation?

Presenters will share their experiences with Action Research (A/R) and guide participants to explore the following questions:  What is A/R?  Why incorporate it into an arts-in-education program?  How can we generate a research question?  How can the question help shape or refine program goals/objectives?  What impact could this have on program implementation?

Friday 11:00-12:30

Conference Strand: Curriculum/Assessment

Organizational Administrators: can use the question to help shape goals and objectives.

Educational Administrators: will understand how the question can guide project implementation through a reflective cycle.

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Karin Wieder has helped to develop the field of arts in education for over 30 years.  She has directed the Rochester CSD’s Artists-in-Residence Program, served as Theatre-in-Education Manager at GeVa, and stage managed for Opera Theatre of Rochester.  In addition to chairing the Arts-in-Education Panel at NYSCA, she has been a member of NYSCA’s Appeals Panel.  Ms. Wieder’s work has been recognized through awards at the local, state, and national level.

Ward Hartenstein comes to arts in education as a composer, performer, and instrument inventor.  He is a lead teaching artist and assistant director with Project U.N.I.Q.U.E., where he has been involved in ESP programming for 10 years.  Currently Mr. Hartenstein serves as a panelist for NYSCA’s Arts-in-Education Program.