Exploring Outcomes and Opportunities to Access High-Quality Programming in the Arts and Physical Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium centers on the work resulting from a research partnership between practitioners and researchers focused on improving Arts and Physical Education programming. These presentations share results from: exploratory case studies conducted jointly by curriculum specialists and a researcher at select schools to understand features of program quality in these discipline areas (paper 1); conducting descriptive analyses examining questions of access and impacts associated with high quality programs (paper 2); and, examining how district staff use the research to determine strategies for improving PE and Arts education throughout the district (paper 3). A national expert on education policy engaged with research-practice partnerships with large urban districts will discuss the implications of this work for researchers and practitioners seeking to improve educational opportunities for all students.

Sub Unit

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools / Division H - Section 1: Applied Research in Schools

Chair

• Elena K. Diaz-Bilello, University of Colorado - Boulder

Papers

• Exploring Quality Programming in the Arts and Physical Education - Elena K. Diaz-Bilello, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Exploring Opportunities to Access and the Effects of High-Quality Arts and Physical Education Programming - Borbala Mahr; Elena K. Diaz-Bilello, University of Colorado - Boulder; Derek C. Briggs, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Inside the Sense-Making Black Box in One Urban School District - C. Capucine Chapman, Denver Public Schools

Discussant

• Kyo Yamashiro, Loyola Marymount University