The Artistic and Professional Development of Teachers: A Study of Teachers’ Attitudes towards and Use of the Arts in Teaching, Barry Oreck 1. What would this study have to look like in order for it be predominately qualitative? The qualitative feature in this study is only minimal. To alter to a predominately qualitative study; first, Oreck would need to expand the narrative section either through interview or observation. Second, utilize purposeful sample and narrow phenomena scope to ensure rich descriptions for transferability. Whereas, as stated the sample consist of a board spectrum of grades, and types of teachers (specialty, general). 2. Whether a study provides a significant contribution is a matter of professional judgment. What considerations should be part of this judgment? Referencing McMillan and Wergin (2010) assertion on the commonality of mixed method designs having one dominate approach, determined through a series of questions. The conclusion is that Oreck (20014) has a dominate quantitative focus. Therefore, to determine whether it contributes significantly to the knowledge base, it must be judged on how well it meets the non-experimental quantitative evaluative criteria offered by McMillian and Wergin (2010). Particularly in its ability to provide connections and rationale to previous studies and illuminate gaps in the present knowledge base that this study will examine through mainly statistical means to discover associations amongst variables.
As a student from Guy Krant’s Art 3 High School class, I can wholeheartedly affirm that Mr. Krant’s form of teaching art is efficient in terms of stimulating students’ individual skills while assuring that they grasp and fully incorporate the main concepts of standards required by school districts into their artworks. What sets aside Mr. Krant’s form of teaching compared to that of other teachers, whom I have came across throughout previous years, is that his teaching provides more creative freedom to students and allows them to individually explore different art mediums to further develop their own methods and skills. For instance, when my Art 3 class was assigned to fulfill the district requirement of expressing a show of skill in increased
Complementarity, practicality, incrementality, enhanced validity, and collaboration are the advantages of the mixed method research mentioned by Polit and Beck
The selection of the Laursen et al. article is based on the criteria identified in the TED738 assignment guidelines. The first criteria met is that the study documented in the article utilized a mixed methods design. In the abstract, the authors clearly identified their work as a mixed-methods study. Upon continued review, indications of mixed methods designs could be found in the discussion of study methods, assessment instruments, results and conclusions.
Qualitative . Key elements of qualitative research include research question, small sample size, data collection, and detailed descriptions (McLeod, 2008). “Mainstream
The findings for the study conducted by Judge et al. (2015) suggested three designs that appear
It is children who become the future. To preserve the future of humanity, it is imperative that all children are taught basic skills of reading, writing, and math at a young age so they may carry those skills for the rest of their life. While those are the main focus of a child’s life, children are also taught a few other skills that will shape their interests and personality. Art is one such skill that many kids enjoy, but few truly grasp in their childhood. Art is a way that children who have trouble speaking up or expressing their personality can truly flourish. It is the teachers of art that are truly the heroes of an elementary school, considering all of the extra requirements that are different from ordinary elementary school teachers. Elementary art teachers must be able to connect with the children they teach, take all the extra education required, and have a passion for art that they can pass to their students.
Therefore, art has a significant existence in our everyday lives. And with education that plays an important tool in everyone lives, art will play an important role in order to enhance and support education.The arts strands identify the skills, knowledge, and understandings that students develop through learning in the arts. Benefits of learning creative arts give the children opportunity to explore, express their own ideas, understand and have the confident about their creativity, feelings and getting ideas from others. (Sinclair, C Jeannert, N. & O’Toole J 2012, p.17).
The method used in this research is qualitative method in which the data is collected, analyzed, and interpreted by observing what both excellent and experience teachers do and say about the lesson plan and learning objectives in the teaching and learning process. Anderson (2006) has defined qualitative method as the exploration of the interviewers towards the respondents’ ideas on the general questions posted to them in order to identify and define their perceptions, opinions and feelings about the topic or idea being discussed. Besides that, qualitative research involves an interpretive, naturalistic approach to the world. This means that interviewers study things in their natural settings, attempting to make sense of, or to interpret, phenomena
Art has many uses within society beyond the extent of physical piece. Even without understanding a piece of art, one can gain insights to their own lives and to the world around them. Many people wonder why they need to be exposed to art when they are not working in a field that seems to be related to art at all, however, certain teachings and studies have shown art to be more important to the development of the individual than previously thought. One of these teaching methods is found in Waldorf school curriculum. This style of teaching exposes its students to a variety of forms of art, both utilitarian and representative. Through different art styles the teachings help to not only allow the students to better understand and express themselves, but also to integrate their consciousness with their bodies. Many Waldorf students go on to pursue careers in scientific fields like medicine or chemistry, but they often cite their earlier education as the source of their success.
Before summarizing this article, little information is necessary about the author. Jean Temple is an educator and writer who focuses on English and Literature. She composed the Journal, The English Journal bimonthly, and it consists of many writings including the article The Function of Art in Education. Understanding the author’s information is important when researching a peer-reviewed article because it benefits to understand what the author is writing about.
Art should be incorporated in the curriculum for every school system as this allows students a well established or rounded educational experience and enhances their learning
Children go to school because the need to learn and develop skills for the future. The children in the United State are deprived of arts in their learnings. Within many aspects of art from the start of putting pen on paper or the final piece the children can be engaged in critical analyses of their own and other’s work of art. The teacher can ask questions to provoke thoughts within the child such as how? Or why? Questions which will help children think about their work in a different critical approach. In the reading by Paul Duncum he stated “Children identify their experiences and realize more fully the meaning of their work. By constantly using technical, formal
In this week’s discussion, I will assess and recommend a quantitative research design that will be appropriate for an upcoming final paper. In chapter five of the course text, the classic experimental design, according to Frankfort-Nachmias and Nachmias (2009), is the strongest for inferring causal relations. The classic experimental design has two comparable groups: experimental and control. In chapter six of the course text, cross-sectional, quasi-experimental and pre-experimental designs were discussed. The relevant selection of design choices of my final paper will be the classic experimental design that will be explained further in this paper.
Creswell, Fetters et al. (2004) point out number of identifiers to differentiate mixed methods research designs from the other methods. The relative importance of one form of data over the other is one distinguishing sign that could describe the mixed method design. Another metric is the order of data collection and analysis phases as well as the timing of the data collection,
Furthermore, the brief exposure to statistical research designs at the beginning of the course has caused me to think critically about the type of analysis I will be conducting. Despite having been unable to settle on a specific design for my intended study, the review has provided me with the tools to understand the advantages and limitations, benefits and drawbacks of the various approaches. What’s more, gaining a better understanding of the designs and methods will enable me to