Pupils’ attitudes towards art teaching in primary school: an evaluation tool

Sub-scales

Items

Enjoyment

1. I like art lessons.

2. I don’t like drawing.

4. In an art lesson I often count the minutes till break-time.

7. I don’t like art lessons because we cannot choose the theme or the materials.

9. Art lessons are enjoyable because you have choices about how to draw something or
what to draw.

12. I am bored in art lessons.

14. For me art is relaxing.

22. I don’t enjoy art because I get dirty.

25. I like drawing at school.________________________________________________________________

Confidence

6. I am often able to draw what the teacher wants me to do.

10. I like participating in art competitions.

13. I am good at doing careful, detailed work in art lessons.

16. I am usually satisfied with my pictures.

19. Art is hard because you need to be very careful and you need to pay attention to
details.

21. I can easily express my ideas, thoughts and/or feelings in pictures.

24. I find art difficult because I really need to concentrate.

31. Art lessons are hard.___________________________________________________________________

Usefulness

3. Art is useful for me because I learn how to use different materials.

5. The art subject is useful because when we grow up we can have it as a hobby.

8. What you learn in art lessons is not useful in everyday life.

11. Art won’t be of much use to me when I grow up.

15. Art doesn’t offer me any knowledge.

17. Knowing how to draw is not important.

18. Most of the art I do at school is a waste of time for me.

20. Art is useful because I can use my imagination

23. For me art is useful because I learn how to draw.

26. The subject of art is useful for me because I learn how to express my feelings.________

Support
needed

27. My teacher doesn't seem to have the time to give me individual attention.

28. During art lessons my teacher tries to make me work as well as 1 am able.

29. The teacher offers lots of suggestions and ideas.

30. The teacher helps me when I am having difficulties.

32. The art teacher listens carefully to what we have to say.

33. The teacher explains well the theme and the procedure.

34. The teacher uses some of the art's time to do another subject._________________________