{"title":"Supporting theatre education through resources and policy","authors":"James Palmarini, Cory Wilkerson","doi":"10.1080/10632913.2021.1931601","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Theater educators, like their music, dance, and visual arts counterparts, had to pivot quickly to provide educational opportunities in theater for students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article outlines how two national associations, the Educational Theater Association, and the American Alliance for Theater in Education, responded to the crisis and provided support to theater educators in the field during the pandemic. In addition, the article includes information on a brief survey conducted with theater educators in Fall, 2020, speaking to how they were teaching during the pandemic, and what they were teaching, including administrative and resource supports. The online curricular and instructional resources created by EdTA are of particular interest as the organization was just ramping up online professional development at the start of the pandemic. During the pandemic, EdTA came to the forefront in providing resources for all educators on how to create instructional content in a variety of platforms.","PeriodicalId":37632,"journal":{"name":"Arts Education Policy Review","volume":"123 1","pages":"153 - 159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10632913.2021.1931601","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arts Education Policy Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2021.1931601","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Theater educators, like their music, dance, and visual arts counterparts, had to pivot quickly to provide educational opportunities in theater for students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article outlines how two national associations, the Educational Theater Association, and the American Alliance for Theater in Education, responded to the crisis and provided support to theater educators in the field during the pandemic. In addition, the article includes information on a brief survey conducted with theater educators in Fall, 2020, speaking to how they were teaching during the pandemic, and what they were teaching, including administrative and resource supports. The online curricular and instructional resources created by EdTA are of particular interest as the organization was just ramping up online professional development at the start of the pandemic. During the pandemic, EdTA came to the forefront in providing resources for all educators on how to create instructional content in a variety of platforms.
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Arts Education Policy Review ( AEPR) presents discussion of major policy issues in arts education in the United States and throughout the world. Addressing education in music, visual arts, theatre, and dance, the journal presents a variety of views and emphasizes critical analysis. Its goal is to produce the most comprehensive and rigorous exchange of ideas available on arts education policy. Policy examinations from multiple viewpoints are a valuable resource not only for arts educators, but also for administrators, policy analysts, advocacy groups, parents, and audiences—all those involved in the arts and concerned about their role in education. AEPR focuses on analyses and recommendations focused on policy. The goal of any article should not be description or celebration (although reports of successful programs could be part of an article). Any article focused on a program (or programs) should address why something works or does not work, how it works, how it could work better, and most important, what various policy stakeholders (from teachers to legislators) can do about it. AEPR does not promote individuals, institutions, methods, or products. It does not aim to repeat commonplace ideas. Editors want articles that show originality, probe deeply, and take discussion beyond common wisdom and familiar rhetoric. Articles that merely restate the importance of arts education, call attention to the existence of issues long since addressed, or repeat standard solutions will not be accepted.