Research should be conducted not merely to describe but to ground theory and inform
practice. General educational research regarding teacher education contains major gaps in …

The arts are crucial in developing our multi-sensory interpretation of culture. With the
introduction of the Australian National Curriculum in the arts, there is cause to reflect on …

This article explores the contextual factors that shape mentoring practice in Art Initial
Teacher Education. Based on in-depth interviews, nonparticipant observations and …

This article examines macro, meso, and micro understandings of policy enactment within
Western Australian primary school arts education where a new national arts curriculum is …

Bu araştırmanın amacı okulöncesi öğretmen adaylarının, Materyal Geliştirme dersine ilişkin
görüşlerinin saptanmasıdır. Araştırma, Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi …

With social and cultural changes, education systems globally and within Australia find
challenges to action change of “institutionalised” practices in effectively supporting cultural …

ANNE DUNKIN ngoing arts education issues for dance educators concern the role of
elementary school classroom teachers as dance facilitators in their classrooms, the …

This study used a parallel mixed method approach to evaluate the instructional materials
that pre-service teachers developed in their Instructional Technologies and Material …

1 A wide range of programs exist in the United Kingdom (see http://www. artscouncil. org. uk,
http://www. tate. org/modern/eventseducation/sch_teacherstrainees. htm) and in Australasia …

How teachers think, behave and respond to teaching situations is predicated on their self-
efficacy beliefs (Bandura, 1997). Because these beliefs can affect teachers' motivation …