Attitudes of primary school prospective teachers towards art education
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This study aims to determine the prospective teachers’ attitudes towards art education using Osgood affective meaning scale which takes little time to answer and is easy to administer. The study is designed in a survey model. Data was collected through all grades from the first to the forth level of primary school teaching department students who are being educated at 2014-2015 education period spring term in Faculty of Educational Sciences, Ankara University. Descriptive statistics and factor analysis were used to analyze the data. Results of analysis reveal that prospective teachers have different emotional meanings towards art education. Within this scope, suggestions concerning to develop students’ attitudes towards art education were presented for academicians, education politicians and those concerned.
Keywords: Art education, attitude, primary school prospective teachers
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