Questionnaire design:
Theater as a Tool for Development/
Theatre as a Tool for Development
My research project was to investigate what
elements need to be in place before an organization engages in using
live, in-person performance as a tool for development, excluding
performer training and theater techniques. I interviewed actual
practitioners, and tried as best I could to get them to focus on actual
experiences, rather than what they thought should happen. I'm
sharing my questionnaire design here on my web site because I will not be
sharing it in the version of my research project submitted to a journal for
publication.
Surveys and further information are NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED for
this research project.
Questionnaire design The 34 questions fit into one (or more) of
three categories defined by the researcher. The first was regarding
general identification and descriptive information, asking for
- the respondent's full name, his or her relationship with the TfD
activity/ies and how he or she would like to be identified in the final
document
- the name of the lead organization(s) in the TfD activity/ies that the
practitioner represents, its location/s, and its/their official mission
statement/s
- the key themes that the TfD activity/ies attempted to address, and
the target audience/s
- the kinds of physical spaces in which the activity took place
- the average size of audiences
The second category of questions dealt with organizational readiness,
inter-organizational relationships, and capacity-building:
- the number of paid staff, of unpaid staff (volunteers), and the
impact of such on the TfD activity
- what role, if any, the age of the lead organization played in the
success of TfD
- what obstacles had to be addressed for the TfD activity to happen
- what role, if any, already-established collaborations with other
organizations might have played in TfD success
- if the TfD activities were part of other development activities, and
the interviewee's perspective on the importance of such
- the training undertaken for non-performers involved in the TfD
activity, and the role of such in building internal trust for TfD
- previous staff experience in TfD and how that might or might not have
played a role in TfD success
- how involvement in the TfD activity might have built the capacities
of staff and others regarding organizational management or
partnership-building
The third category dealt with partner and audience outreach, and TfD
results:
- the positive and negative impacts of the TfD activity/ies
- the practitioner's definition and assessment of the activities'
success, and what they believe contributed to such
- how impact was evaluated, and what early planning activities
contributed to later evaluation
- the role "trust" and already-established relationships played in TfD
success between the presenting organization and those the activity
targeted
- whether or not the word "theater" should be avoided in outreach
activities
- the outreach methods used in getting the "right" audience and getting
the audience in the "right" state of mind for the TfD experience what
activities happened before the theater technique or performance was used
in order to have the audience ready for the experience
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