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- Title
Social and Academic Benefits of After-School Theatre Programming for Low-Income Adolescents.
- Authors
Greenberg, Hallie
- Abstract
This study investigated the hypothesis that involvement in after school theatre programming can be associated with low-income adolescents' social and academic growth. During the 2008-09 school year, 26 students at a middle school participated in an after-school theatre program, attending nineteen weekly rehearsals in preparation for four public performances at the end of the year. A second group of students with a similar baseline of self-reported social and academic confidence served as a control. At the beginning and the end of the school year, students completed a survey, reacting to 26 positively worded statements on a 1.0-5.0 Likert scale. Students completing the theatre program (n=17) had a mean score increase of .447 after treatment, compared with an increase of .109 among the control group (n=26). Results from this small sample appeared to be statistically significant (p < .01). Data from qualitative interviews confirmed results from the quantitative study and helped to illustrate specific benefits such as the development of teamwork and public speaking skills.
- Subjects
AFTER school programs; THEATER education; POOR teenagers; ACADEMIC achievement
- Publication
Applied Theatre Researcher/IDEA Journal, 2010, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1443-1726
- Publication type
Article