The Transformative Nature of Community Engagement in the Arts

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Author(s): Robert D. Quinn (East Carolina University, USA), Alice Arnold (East Carolina University, USA)and Kerry Anne Littlewood (University of South Florida, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 24
Source title: Preparing Students for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Aaron Samuel Zimmerman (Texas Tech University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2208-0.ch019

Keywords: Civic Engagement & Social Justice / Higher Education / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Art educators have engaged in various community-engagement experiences with undergraduate classes for many years. In addition to the curricular reward, the authors have found that students are experiencing community in new ways through these opportunities. In this study, researchers used a mixed methods approach to carefully examine several key aspects of community work in afterschool programs in two community centers. First, the context was explored, and ethnography was used to describe experiences with art, community, and engagement in an area facing severe socioeconomic challenges. Outcome data from one site helped to link community work to at-risk student achievement on end of grade testing. Outcome data from the second research site suggests that resilience increased in students engaged in afterschool programming, perhaps through the incorporation of visual art. Last, university students' response papers were content analyzed to illustrate gains achieved through these opportunities.

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