Evaluating Learner Engagement in Arts Education: Perspectives from Music and Drama in Education

[EN] In this paper we aim to investigate learner engagement and how it can be evaluated, in the context of higher education research. Specifically we consider learner engagement evaluation in Arts Education, where the educational focus is on the process, rather than the product – drawing on music and drama in education research and practice. First, we position the notion of evaluation as opposed to assessment, with attention to its etymological roots. Second, we discuss the multifaceted notion of engagement as process, exploring the nature of learner engagement and a number of possible engagement indicators. We then synthesize these categories into descriptors which, we argue, can be useful to evaluate learners’ engagement in arts education practices. Third, we ground theory into practice by offering two examples drawn from the authors’ PhD case study research, respectively in music education and drama in education. We conclude that engagement is a multifaceted construct, which we frame as a mutual exercise of agency – whereby the teacher and the students act in a partnership as co-artists.Marrucci, L.; Piazzoli, E. (2017). Evaluating Learner Engagement in Arts Education: Perspectives from Music and Drama in Education. En Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 1068-1076. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAD17.2017.55161068107

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- Michel Serres, Non è un mondo per vecchi. Perché i ragazzi rivoluzionano il sapere di Luca Marrucci; - Massimiliano Costa, Pedagogia del lavoro e contesti di innovazione di Andrea Strano; Linda Kreger Silverman, Giftedness di Cristina Richieri; Antonio Damasio, Il sé viene alla mente. La costruzione del cervello cosciente di Nadia Dario; Alistair Ross, Carole Leathwood. Problematizing the issue of early school leaving in the european context di Gabriella Vitale

Recensioni

- Michel Serres, Non è un mondo per vecchi.Perché i ragazzi rivoluzionano il sapere di Luca Marrucci;- Massimiliano Costa, Pedagogia del lavoro e contesti di innovazione di Andrea Strano;Linda Kreger Silverman, Giftedness di Cristina Richieri;Antonio Damasio, Il sé viene alla mente. La costruzione del cervello cosciente di Nadia Dario;Alistair Ross, Carole Leathwood. Problematizing the issue of early school leaving in the european context di Gabriella Vitale

Experimental Engineering of Arbitrary Qudit States with Discrete-Time Quantum Walks

The capability to generate and manipulate quantum states in high-dimensional Hilbert spaces is a crucial step for the development of quantum technologies, from quantum communication to quantum computation. One-dimensional quantum walk dynamics represents a valid tool in the task of engineering arbitrary quantum states. Here we affirm such potential in a linear-optics platform that realizes discrete-time quantum walks in the orbital angular momentum degree of freedom of photons. Different classes of relevant qudit states in a six-dimensional space are prepared and measured, confirming the feasibility of the protocol. Our results represent a further investigation of quantum walk dynamics in photonics platforms, paving the way for the use of such a quantum state-engineering toolbox for a large range of applications.Comment: 6+4 pages, 3+1 figure

Hubungan antara persepsi iklim sekolah dengan school engagement siswa Madrasah

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara persepsi iklim sekolah dengan school engagement. Penelitian ini merupakan penelelitian kuantitatif berjenis korelasi. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini berupa skala persepsi iklim sekolah dan skala school engagement. Subjek penelitian dari penelitian ini berjumlah 127 siswa dari jumlah populasi sebanyak 240 siswa. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik probability sampling. Teknis analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis product moment dengan diperoleh harga koefisien korelasi sebesar 0, 517 dengan taraf kepercayaan 0.01 (1%), dengan signifikansi 0.000, karena signifikansi 0.000< 0.05, maka Ha diterima. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara persepsi iklim sekolah dengan school engagement siswa Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Tarik

Pathologic response and survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without pertuzumab in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer: the Neopearl nationwide collaborative study

PurposeClinical trials have shown a significant increase in pathologic complete response (pCR) with the addition of pertuzumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with early-stage HER-2 positive breast cancer. To date, limited studies have examined comparative outcomes of neoadjuvant pertuzumab in real-world setting. The Neopearl study aimed to assess comparative real-life efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant pertuzumab for these patients.MethodsWe conducted a nationwide retrospective analysis involving 17 oncology facilities with a certified multidisciplinary breast cancer treatment committee. We identified patients with HER-2 positive stage II-III breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on trastuzumab and taxanes with or without pertuzumab. All patients underwent breast surgery and received a comprehensive cardiologic evaluation at baseline and after neoadjuvant treatment. Patients who received the combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and chemotherapy constituted case cohort (PTCT), whereas those treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy accounted for control cohort (TCT). The pCR rate and 5-year event free survival (EFS) were the primary outcomes. Secondary end-points were rates of conversion from planned modified radical mastectomy (MRM) to breast conservation surgery (BCS) and cardiotoxicities.ResultsFrom March 2014 to April 2021, we included 271 patients, 134 (49%) and 137 (51%) in TCT and PTCT cohort, respectively. Positive axillary lymph nodes and stage III were more frequent in PTCT cohort. The pCR rate was significantly increased in patients who received pertuzumab (49% vs 62%; OR 1.74, 95%CI 1.04-2.89) and with HER-2 enriched subtypes (16% vs 85%; OR 2.94, 95%CI 1.60-5.41). After a median follow-up of 5 years, the 5-year EFS was significantly prolonged only in patients treated with pertuzumab (81% vs 93%; HR 2.22, 95%CI 1.03-4.79). The same analysis performed on propensity score matched population showed concordant results. On univariate analysis, only patients with positive lymph nodes were found to benefit from pertuzumab for both pCR and 5-year EFS. The rates of conversion from MRM to BCS and cardiologic toxicities did not differ between the cohorts.ConclusionOur findings support previous data on improved outcomes with the addition of pertuzumab to trastuzumab-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This benefit seems to be more significant in patients with clinically positive lymph nodes