The Play's the Thing: Experimentally Examining the Social and Cognitive Effects of School Field Trips to Live Theater Performances

被引：26

作者：

Greene, Jay P. ^{[1
]}

Erickson, Heidi H. ^{[2
]}

Watson, Angela R. ^{[1
]}

Beck, Molly I. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Arkansas, Educ Policy, 200 Grad Educ Bldg, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

[2] Univ Arkansas, 200 Grad Educ Bldg, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

[3] Univ Arkansas, 201 Grad Educ Bldg, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

来源：

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER | 2018年 / 47卷 / 04期

关键词：

arts education; educational policy; educational reform; experimental design; instructional practices; museum education; student behavior/attitude; PERSPECTIVE; PEDAGOGY; MIND;

D O I：

10.3102/0013189X18761034

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

Field trips to see theater performances are a long-standing educational practice; however, there is little systematic evidence demonstrating educational benefits. This article describes the results of five random assignment experiments spanning 2 years where school groups were assigned by lottery to attend a live theater performance or, for some groups, watch a movie version of the same story. We find significant educational benefits from seeing live theater, including higher levels of tolerance, social perspective taking, and stronger command of the plot and vocabulary of those plays. Students randomly assigned to watch a movie did not experience these benefits. Our findings also suggest that theater field trips may cultivate the desire among students to frequent the theater in the future.

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页码：246 / 254

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