Creative Arts Teaching and Practice: Critical Reflections of Primary School Teachers in Australia

Title
Creative Arts Teaching and Practice: Critical Reflections of Primary School Teachers in Australia
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Alter, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0577-6647
Email: falter2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:falter2
Hays, Terrence N
O'Hara, Rebecca
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Arizona State University
Place of publication
United States of America
UNE publication id
une:4590
Abstract
This paper details aspects of a research project that explored nineteen Australian primary (elementary) schoolteachers' perspectives of Creative Arts education. The study investigated the participants' personal Arts experiences and training, as well as their views of Arts pedagogy. In depth interviews with the participants highlighted the important influence that participants' own interactions with the various Arts disciplines had upon their role as facilitators of Creative Arts education. The findings of this study also identify multiple ways of approaching and facilitating teaching and learning activities. The research not only revealed insights into the educational value each of the teachers ascribed to individual Arts disciplines, but also the level of confidence and preparedness they felt to teach these disciplines. The generalist primary teachers participating in this research study identified a number of issues that they believed compromised their ability to teach the Creative Arts effectively.
Link
Citation
International Journal of Education & the Arts, 10(9), p. 1-21
ISSN
1529-8094
Start page
1
End page
21

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