Assessing Arts-Based Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium seeks to create dialogue about quality and assessment in Arts Based Educational Research (ABER) by grounding discussion in performance. The session begins with the staging of a research informed dance: Chicago Butoh. This dance will then be critiqued by two Respondents using different approaches to assessing ABER. The Discussant then examine the dance and the critiques. Opportunities for audience interaction and dialogue are woven throughout the session.

By sharing multiple perspectives on quality assessment grounded in the physicality of live performance, we hope to help audience members envision "better" work and more powerful ABER practice.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Arts-Based Educational Research

Chair

• Sarah Reed Hobson, Community Allies, LLC.

Papers

• Chicago Butoh: Visioning a Research-Informed Dance - Charles F. Vanover, University of South Florida; Erika Hand, Booker High School for the Performing Arts; Adrian Anguiano, Columbia College Chicago; Bob Devin Jones, The Studio; Kate Trelease Knobloch, James B. Sanderlin PK-8 IB World School

• Bringing the Body Into the Conversation - Julia Gray, Possiblearts

• Assessment Guideposts - Graham W. Lea, University of Manitoba; George Belliveau, The University of British Columbia

• Ethnodrama and Assessment of Arts-Informed Research - Sarah Reed Hobson, Community Allies, LLC.

Discussant

• Tabitha Dell'Angelo, The College of New Jersey