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An Examination of Economic Diversity on the Effectiveness of the Reach Out and Dance Program

Stewart, Kara M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1320338751

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2011, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Theatre Arts-Arts Administration.
In the United States, it is widely accepted that Arts Education is a valuable part of public school curriculum and is key for developing well-rounded students. Music, visual art, and even drama are a regular part of most students' school week. Notably, the art of dance is absent from the standard list of arts programming provided during the school day, and experts are beginning to questioning this omission. This study purports that it would be valuable to take pre existing data and re-examine three areas of interest: arts appreciation, self-confidence in teamwork, and self-efficacy, based on participating schools economic demographics. For the purpose of this research, a schools economic status is categorized into one of three groups; a low-income group, a moderate income group, and a high income group. Of those schools, three schools had at least 90% of their students living below the poverty line (low income), several schools were near the 50% poverty margin (moderate income), and one school consisted of what would be considered “privileged” students where only 1.1 % of the students lived below the poverty line (high income). By analyzing a representative school from each of these three economic groups, a clear picture should emerge of which group(s) show escalated positive effects for the three impact areas (Art Appreciation, Teamwork, and Self-Efficacy) and if there are significant differences in the data due to economic demographics.
Durand Pope, Mr. (Advisor)
Neil Sapienza, Mr. (Committee Member)
Krista Arico, Ms. (Committee Member)
55 p.
Dance
economic; diversity; appreciation; teamwork

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  • Stewart, K. M. (2011). An Examination of Economic Diversity on the Effectiveness of the Reach Out and Dance Program [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1320338751

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stewart, Kara. An Examination of Economic Diversity on the Effectiveness of the Reach Out and Dance Program. 2011. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1320338751.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stewart, Kara. "An Examination of Economic Diversity on the Effectiveness of the Reach Out and Dance Program." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1320338751

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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