Who Watches the Watchmen? Evaluating Evaluations of El Sistema

Autor/inn/en	Baker, Geoffrey; Bull, Anna; Taylor, Mark
Titel	Who Watches the Watchmen? Evaluating Evaluations of El Sistema
Quelle	In: British Journal of Music Education, 35 (2018) 3, S.255-269 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0265-0517
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Social Change; Program Evaluation; Case Studies; Cross Cultural Studies; Advocacy; Foreign Countries; New Zealand; Venezuela + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Sozialer Wandel; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Sozialanwaltschaft; Ausland; Neuseeland
Abstract	Within the growing field of publications on El Sistema and Sistema-inspired programmes around the world, a marked divide can be observed between the findings of critical academic studies and commissioned evaluations. Using evaluations of El Sistema in Venezuela and Aotearoa New Zealand as our principal case studies, we argue that this gulf can be explained at least partly by methodological problems in the way that some evaluations are carried out. We conclude that many Sistema evaluations display an alignment with advocacy rather than explorative research, and that the foundation for El Sistema's claims of social transformation is thus weak. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01