VALORIZING THE ARTISTIC CULTURE OF THE STUDENTS IN THEIR TRAINING TO BECOME PRIMARY AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS
VALORIZING THE ARTISTIC CULTURE OF THE STUDENTS IN THEIR TRAINING TO BECOME PRIMARY AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS

Summary/Abstract: This study investigates aspects related to the artistic knowledge, profiles and teaching techniques ofprimary and pre-school certification students from University of Oradea’s Pedagogy of Primary andPreschool Education program. The study includes 126 participants who completed a survey about theirknowledge, artistic profiles and techniques for teaching art and music in preschool and primary schoolclasses. The survey consisted of 24 items, 5 open ended questions, one question asked participants tomake connections among specific art elements, and eighteen Likert scale questions. The purpose of thisstudy is to assess how well our pre-service teachers understand and are prepared to teach art and music totheir future students. It is important for professors at the university to understand how prepared ourstudents are in the field of art so that we may continuously improve our teaching program. This studyanswers the following research questions: 1. How prepared are our pre-service students to teach musicand art when they become preschool or primary school teachers? 2. How do students propose to select therepertoire of songs and work materials for artistic and plastic education activities? 3. How important isteaching music and art in the minds of our students? Based on the results of our research, we will makerecommendations for the improvement of our music and art teaching program at the university.

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