| Table 98. | Percent and standard error for public secondary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they participated in various professional development activities, and of those teachers, percentage distribution and standard error for the number of hours spent and the extent to which participation improved teaching: School year 2009–10 (Table 98—Continued) |
| Type of teacher, by professional development activity | Participated in activity | Number of hours spent1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–8 hours | More than 8 hours | |||||
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| Music specialist | ||||||
| Activities designed for music teachers | ||||||
| Applied study in performing music | 48 | (1.8) | 60 | (2.3) | 40 | (2.3) |
| Applied study in improvising, arranging, or composing music | 28 | (1.5) | 79 | (2.5) | 21 | (2.5) |
| Developing knowledge about music (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical) | 49 | (1.6) | 72 | (2.3) | 28 | (2.3) |
| Connecting music learning with other subject areas | 57 | (1.7) | 84 | (1.5) | 16 | (1.5) |
| Research on arts and student learning (e.g., arts and cognition) | 44 | (1.8) | 80 | (2.0) | 20 | (2.0) |
| Integrating educational technologies into music instruction | 64 | (2.0) | 79 | (1.6) | 21 | (1.6) |
| Activities designed for all teachers | ||||||
| Incorporating state or district standards into instruction | 80 | (1.3) | 70 | (1.8) | 30 | (1.8) |
| Student assessment | 79 | (1.3) | 70 | (2.0) | 30 | (2.0) |
| A subject area that is unrelated to music | 30 | (1.3) | 56 | (3.3) | 44 | (3.3) |
| Visual arts specialist | ||||||
| Activities designed for visual arts teachers | ||||||
| Applied study in art studio (e.g., painting, photography) | 50 | (1.8) | 58 | (2.6) | 42 | (2.6) |
| Developing knowledge about visual arts (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical) | 51 | (1.7) | 68 | (2.4) | 32 | (2.4) |
| Connecting visual arts learning with other subject areas | 57 | (1.6) | 76 | (2.4) | 24 | (2.4) |
| Research on arts and student learning (e.g., arts and cognition) | 43 | (1.5) | 69 | (2.6) | 31 | (2.6) |
| Integrating educational technologies into visual arts instruction | 60 | (1.6) | 71 | (2.3) | 29 | (2.3) |
| Activities designed for all teachers | ||||||
| Incorporating state or district standards into instruction | 78 | (1.4) | 62 | (1.7) | 38 | (1.7) |
| Student assessment | 77 | (1.4) | 67 | (2.0) | 33 | (2.0) |
| A subject area that is unrelated to visual arts | 36 | (1.7) | 51 | (2.6) | 49 | (2.6) |
| See notes at end of table. |
