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



explore reasons for these expressed attitudes towards their competence in art. The notions
of ‘easy’ versus ‘hard’ are used to express pupils’ feelings of competence versus
incompetence. Four items explore directly pupils’ beliefs in their abilities (whether they
can respond to the tasks set by the teacher and how much satisfied they are with the
results of their work). The others are connected with reasons for feeling competent
/incompetent, such as handling materials, expressing what they want, doing careful and
detailed work, which was perceived as signs of quality work by the pupils in study 1 and
2, and be able to concentrate.

Usefulness

The usefulness subscale consists of ten items. These items aim to find out whether pupils
think that art is useful and important, and reasons for these attitudes. Two items look at
pupils’ attitudes towards art in terms of importance, and there is one item that implies that
art knowledge is important. Four items deal with reasons for considering art an important,
useful subject to have in school. Three are connected with acquiring skills, ‘learning
how’, and one refers to imagination. Lastly, three items explore whether pupils believe in
art’s usefulness in daily life and in their future life.

Support needed

A set of seven items address pupils’ attitudes towards the support received by their
teachers. Again there are a few items that directly explore pupils’ feelings about their
teacher’s support and reasons for these, and others that explore these indirectly and may
be called ‘long shots’. Three items directly investigate pupils’ perceptions about the



More intriguing information

1. The name is absent
2. WP 48 - Population ageing in the Netherlands: Demographic and financial arguments for a balanced approach
3. Imputing Dairy Producers' Quota Discount Rate Using the Individual Export Milk Program in Quebec
4. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in patients with ICDs and Pacemakers
5. The Effects of Reforming the Chinese Dual-Track Price System
6. Monetary Discretion, Pricing Complementarity and Dynamic Multiple Equilibria
7. Consumer Networks and Firm Reputation: A First Experimental Investigation
8. Does Presenting Patients’ BMI Increase Documentation of Obesity?
9. Developments and Development Directions of Electronic Trade Platforms in US and European Agri-Food Markets: Impact on Sector Organization
10. The Evolution
11. El impacto espacial de las economías de aglomeración y su efecto sobre la estructura urbana.El caso de la industria en Barcelona, 1986-1996
12. Assessing Economic Complexity with Input-Output Based Measures
13. Change in firm population and spatial variations: The case of Turkey
14. The name is absent
15. The name is absent
16. Initial Public Offerings and Venture Capital in Germany
17. The name is absent
18. The Formation of Wenzhou Footwear Clusters: How Were the Entry Barriers Overcome?
19. Qualification-Mismatch and Long-Term Unemployment in a Growth-Matching Model
20. Modelling Transport in an Interregional General Equilibrium Model with Externalities