Abstract
This research sought to explore the impact upon pre-service teachers' orientations towards the arts of a performing arts week within a one-year postgraduate teacher education programme. There is evidence from a range of data collected before, during and after the week that it had helped to strengthen participants' self-image as artistic individuals who recognise the value of the arts in children's education and have enhanced confidence in working with different professionals to teach the arts in a cross-disciplinary way. Within a climate of compliance, this study suggests that pre-service teachers require such experiences to overcome their fear of curriculum innovation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 630-638 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Teaching and Teacher Education |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 8 Oct 2009 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2010 |