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Table 147.

Percentage and standard error for public elementary school music specialists, visual arts specialists, and classroom teachers 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 1999–2000 (Table 147—Continued)

Type of teacher, by professional development activity	Participated in professional development		Number of hours spent in professional development¹
	Percent	Standard error	1 to 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	49	(2.8)	47	(4.1)	53	(4.1)
Applied study in improvising, arranging, or composing music	31	(2.3)	61	(4.8)	39	(4.8)
Developing knowledge about music (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical)	61	(2.9)	69	(3.4)	31	(3.4)
Connecting music learning with other subject areas	72	(2.1)	64	(3.5)	36	(3.5)
Integrating educational technologies into music instruction	65	(2.6)	73	(3.3)	27	(3.3)
Activities designed for all teachers
Incorporating state or district standards into instruction	78	(2.1)	63	(2.9)	37	(2.9)

Visual arts specialist
Activities designed for visual arts teachers
Applied study in art studio (e.g., painting, photography)	56	(3.0)	47	(3.6)	53	(3.6)
Developing knowledge about visual arts (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical)	73	(2.6)	54	(4.0)	46	(4.0)
Connecting visual arts learning with other subject areas	79	(3.0)	57	(3.6)	43	(3.6)
Integrating educational technologies into visual arts instruction	63	(3.4)	68	(3.6)	32	(3.6)
Activities designed for all teachers
Incorporating state or district standards into instruction	81	(2.4)	53	(3.8)	47	(3.8)

Classroom teacher
Activities focusing on arts education
Applied study in one of the arts or arts education	28	(2.2)	84	(2.2)	16	(3.6)
Developing knowledge about the arts (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical)	26	(2.2)	82	(2.2)	18	(3.7)
Connecting arts learning with other subject areas	46	(2.4)	74	(2.4)	26	(3.2)
Activities designed for all teachers
Incorporating state or district standards into instruction	91	(1.2)	49	(1.2)	51	(2.3)
Integrating educational technologies into instruction	85	(1.6)	58	(1.6)	42	(2.8)

See notes at end of table.