TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of background and sex on confidence in teaching the creative arts : tests of specific hypotheses
AU - Russell-Bowie, Deirdre
AU - Dowson, Martin
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - ![CDATA[Little is known about how generalist primary pre-service teacher education students perceive their own background and confidence in relation to the arts and arts education. This paper reports the findings of a large international study involving 939 pre-service generalist primary teacher education students in five countries. The study tests specific hypotheses concerning the relationship between creative arts background, sex and confidence in teaching in the creative arts. The study also explores sex differences in patterns of background and confidence across the creative arts, as well as relationships between background and confidence in one creative arts area and background and confidence in other creative arts areas. Results of the study indicate that students' background in the creative arts and their sex predicts confidence in teaching in the creative arts, although the interaction between background and sex does not, in general, predict confidence. The study also identifies different profiles of background and confidence in teaching the creative arts for males and females. Moderate associations between background and confidence in different creative arts areas are also identified. The educational implications of the findings of the research are discussed in detail in the paper.]]
AB - ![CDATA[Little is known about how generalist primary pre-service teacher education students perceive their own background and confidence in relation to the arts and arts education. This paper reports the findings of a large international study involving 939 pre-service generalist primary teacher education students in five countries. The study tests specific hypotheses concerning the relationship between creative arts background, sex and confidence in teaching in the creative arts. The study also explores sex differences in patterns of background and confidence across the creative arts, as well as relationships between background and confidence in one creative arts area and background and confidence in other creative arts areas. Results of the study indicate that students' background in the creative arts and their sex predicts confidence in teaching in the creative arts, although the interaction between background and sex does not, in general, predict confidence. The study also identifies different profiles of background and confidence in teaching the creative arts for males and females. Moderate associations between background and confidence in different creative arts areas are also identified. The educational implications of the findings of the research are discussed in detail in the paper.]]
KW - arts
KW - study and teaching
KW - primary school teachers
KW - educational psychology
KW - confidence
KW - sex differences in education
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/44933
M3 - Conference Paper
BT - Australian Association for Research in Education 2005 conference papers
PB - Australian Association for Research in Education
T2 - Australian Association for Research in Education. Conference
Y2 - 2 December 2012
ER -