| Author(s) | Abdulaziz R. Al-Najada |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction Department College of Education, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Training Needs for Art Education Teachers in Intermediate Schools |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Educational Sciences & Islamic Studies. Volume 15, No 2. (2003/1423) |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study is to identify the most important training needs for art education teachers in intermediate schools in three areas: academic needs, professional (A,B) needs and evaluation needs. This study included all intermediate school teachers of art education in Riyadh city. For the purpose of gathering the data, a questionnaire was developed. The major findings of the study are as follows: 1) There was an agreement between groups for assessing the range of need for more than 50% of training needs for art education teachers. 2) There were no significant statistical differences between the academic qualifications and the training needs concerning two parts; the academic and professional (A,B) needs and there were significant statistical differences on the evaluation part. 3) There were significant statistical differences between expereience and the training needs concerning: academic and professional (A) needs and there were no significant statistical differences on the part of professional (B) and evaluation needs. The major recommendations: Training programs for art education teachers should be arranged and they should depend on the following training needs: academic, professional and evaluation needs. |
