Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.21464/mo.27.2.12
Examining the interest in and satisfaction with fine arts teaching as an incentive to develop learning capabilities in other subjects
Miroslav D. Drljača
orcid.org/0000-0002-5528-6355
; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Siniša Opić
; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Milan Matijević
; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This research was carried out on a sample of third year pupils of vocational schools and gymnasiums (N=605). Of the surveyed pupils, 253 of them attended gymnasiums, while 352 attended vocational secondary schools. The goal of this research was to examine specificities in secondary school pupils’ perceptions of the importance of subjects in the field of the fine arts. A separate analysis was undertaken for only two selected dependent variables: the importance of subjects in the field of the fine arts for developing memory and the ability to learn other subjects, and interest in and satisfaction with participation in fine arts activities. The results show that there is no statistically significant difference between the estimation of gymnasium and vocational school pupils regarding participation in fine arts activities or in their estimation of the importance of fine arts activities in developing memory and the ability to learn other subjects. There is a statistically significant gender difference in the estimation of participation in fine arts activities, as well as in the estimation of the importance of fine arts activities in developing memory and the ability to learn other subjects. It can be concluded that respondents were unable to estimate how much or why they would use competencies gained in fine arts teaching in their continued education or their future careers.
Keywords
gymnasium; vocational school; fine arts; fine arts teaching; interest in fine arts activities; satisfaction with fine arts teaching
Hrčak ID:
247976
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Publication date:
16.12.2020.
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