A Tale of Five Countries: Background and Confidence in Preservice Primary Teachers in Drama Education across Five Countries

Autor/in	Russell-Bowie, Deirdre E.
Titel	A Tale of Five Countries: Background and Confidence in Preservice Primary Teachers in Drama Education across Five Countries
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38 (2013) 7, Artikel 5 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Elementary School Curriculum; Comparative Education; Drama; Art Education; Teacher Background; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Individual Differences; Likert Scales; Student Surveys; Factor Analysis; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Preservice Teacher Education; Australia; Ireland; Namibia; South Africa; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Schauspiel; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Korrelation; Individueller Unterschied; Likert-Skala; Schülerbefragung; Faktorenanalyse; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Australien; Irland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; USA
Abstract	In many public primary schools across different countries, generalist primary teachers are required to teach all subjects, including music, dance, drama and visual arts. This study investigates the background and confidence of preservice primary teachers from five countries in relation to drama and drama education. It also examines if there is a difference between the preservice teachers' perceptions of their own background and confidence in drama education in relation to each of the five countries (Australia, South Africa, Namibia, USA and Ireland). On investigating the differences between countries, there were significant statistical differences in the means of responses from preservice teachers from the different countries in relation to both background and confidence in drama education. The paper concludes with suggestions for teacher educators, given their students' weak background in drama education. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10