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| Table 31. | Percent 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 2009–10 |
| Type of teacher, by professional development activity | Participated in activity | Number of hours spent1 | Extent to which participation improved teaching1 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–8 hours | More than 8 hours | Not at all | Small extent | Moderate extent | Great extent | |||||||||
| Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
Percent | Standard error |
|
| Music specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Activities designed for music teachers | ||||||||||||||
| Applied study in performing music | 43 | (1.6) | 59 | (2.9) | 41 | (2.9) | 2! | (1.0) | 23 | (2.5) | 40 | (2.8) | 34 | (2.9) |
| Applied study in improvising, arranging, or composing music | 32 | (1.8) | 75 | (2.8) | 25 | (2.8) | 2! | (0.6) | 28 | (3.0) | 40 | (3.2) | 30 | (2.9) |
| Developing knowledge about music (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical) | 48 | (1.7) | 71 | (2.5) | 29 | (2.5) | 2! | (0.9) | 30 | (2.7) | 38 | (2.8) | 30 | (2.4) |
| Connecting music learning with other subject areas | 64 | (1.8) | 75 | (2.2) | 25 | (2.2) | 3 | (0.7) | 31 | (2.2) | 39 | (2.4) | 27 | (1.7) |
| Research on arts and student learning (e.g., arts and cognition) | 43 | (2.0) | 80 | (2.4) | 20 | (2.4) | 3! | (0.9) | 31 | (2.1) | 40 | (2.2) | 26 | (2.2) |
| Integrating educational technologies into music instruction | 64 | (2.0) | 77 | (1.9) | 23 | (1.9) | 6 | (1.1) | 29 | (2.1) | 39 | (2.2) | 27 | (2.0) |
| Activities designed for all teachers | ||||||||||||||
| Incorporating state or district standards into instruction | 78 | (1.7) | 68 | (1.8) | 32 | (1.8) | 12 | (1.1) | 38 | (1.6) | 33 | (1.6) | 18 | (1.4) |
| Student assessment | 71 | (2.0) | 73 | (1.9) | 27 | (1.9) | 12 | (1.4) | 35 | (2.1) | 37 | (2.1) | 16 | (1.4) |
| A subject area that is unrelated to music | 38 | (1.7) | 55 | (2.7) | 45 | (2.7) | 21 | (2.3) | 35 | (2.6) | 27 | (1.9) | 17 | (2.1) |
| Visual arts specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Activities designed for visual arts teachers | ||||||||||||||
| Applied study in art studio (e.g., painting, photography) | 52 | (1.6) | 66 | (2.3) | 34 | (2.3) | 3 | (0.7) | 20 | (1.9) | 34 | (2.2) | 41 | (2.2) |
| Developing knowledge about visual arts (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical) | 56 | (2.2) | 69 | (2.0) | 31 | (2.0) | 1! | (0.6) | 20 | (1.9) | 40 | (2.6) | 37 | (2.1) |
| Connecting visual arts learning with other subject areas |
69 | (2.0) | 71 | (1.7) | 29 | (1.7) | 2 | (0.6) | 25 | (2.1) | 41 | (2.1) | 31 | (1.7) |
| Research on arts and student learning (e.g., arts and cognition) | 46 | (2.0) | 74 | (2.3) | 26 | (2.3) | 3! | (1.1) | 24 | (2.0) | 37 | (2.2) | 33 | (2.5) |
| Integrating educational technologies into visual arts instruction | 62 | (1.9) | 78 | (1.6) | 22 | (1.6) | 4 | (0.8) | 26 | (2.1) | 37 | (2.2) | 31 | (2.2) |
| Activities designed for all teachers | ||||||||||||||
| Incorporating state or district standards into instruction | 79 | (1.6) | 66 | (1.8) | 34 | (1.8) | 6 | (0.9) | 34 | (1.9) | 39 | (1.9) | 20 | (1.4) |
| Student assessment | 70 | (1.7) | 71 | (1.8) | 29 | (1.8) | 9 | (1.0) | 33 | (1.9) | 38 | (1.8) | 18 | (1.6) |
| A subject area that is unrelated to visual arts | 41 | (1.7) | 51 | (3.0) | 49 | (3.0) | 20 | (2.3) | 35 | (2.6) | 26 | (2.3) | 16 | (2.0) |
| Classroom teacher | ||||||||||||||
| Activities focusing on arts education | ||||||||||||||
| Applied study in one of the arts or arts education | 22 | (1.7) | 83 | (2.6) | 17 | (2.6) | 3! | (1.3) | 47 | (3.8) | 36 | (3.9) | 14 | (2.3) |
| Developing knowledge about the arts (e.g., historical, cultural, analytical) | 18 | (1.4) | 81 | (3.6) | 19 | (3.6) | 4! | (1.6) | 53 | (4.7) | 35 | (4.8) | 9 | (2.4) |
| Connecting arts learning with other subject areas |
35 | (2.1) | 80 | (2.3) | 20 | (2.3) | 4 | (1.2) | 40 | (3.9) | 39 | (3.9) | 17 | (2.1) |
| Research on the arts and student learning (e.g., arts and cognition) |
20 | (1.3) | 89 | (2.4) | 11 | (2.4) | 3! | (1.3) | 43 | (4.0) | 38 | (3.9) | 16 | (3.1) |
| Activities designed for all teachers | ||||||||||||||
| Incorporating state or district standards into instruction | 78 | (1.8) | 51 | (2.1) | 49 | (2.1) | 3 | (0.8) | 22 | (2.0) | 44 | (2.6) | 31 | (2.0) |
| Student assessment | 83 | (1.5) | 55 | (1.8) | 45 | (1.8) | 3 | (0.7) | 21 | (2.0) | 44 | (2.2) | 32 | (1.8) |
| Integrating educational technologies into instruction | 84 | (1.6) | 66 | (1.9) | 34 | (1.9) | 2 | (0.6) | 23 | (1.8) | 44 | (2.0) | 31 | (1.9) |
| ! Interpret data with caution; the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 percent. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 Based on the percentage of teachers who participated in each professional development activity. | ||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline. Classroom teachers are teachers of self-contained classrooms; these teachers could teach arts areas as separate subjects or incorporate arts areas into other subjects. | ||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Survey of Elementary School Music Specialists,” FRSS 102M, 2009–10; “Survey of Elementary School Visual Arts Specialists,” FRSS 102VA, 2009–10; and “Arts Survey of Elementary School Classroom Teachers,” FRSS 102C, 2009–10. |
