Teachers' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Art Education Preparation Program in Kuwait

This study was designed to investigate how pre-service, beginners, and advanced art teachers in Kuwait viewed their teacher preparation program by describing and evaluating its effectiveness. To examine the issues of art teacher training and current teaching, this study used quantitative and qualitative research approaches. The study included a qualitative document analysis and a quantitative survey questionnaire of pre-service art education teachers who have completed their classroom observation at the end of the fourth year at the College of Basic Education (CBE), beginning art education teachers who are teaching in the first of their second year at the Ministry of Education in Kuwait (MOE), and advanced art teachers who are ready to teach in the beginning of their fourth year at the Ministry of Education in Kuwait (MOE), in light of a description of the art education program in the College of Basic Education from which the teachers graduated. The purposes of this research study are to view, examine, and investigate the perceptions of pre-service, beginners, and advanced art teachers about the effectiveness of the teacher education program in the State of Kuwait, and to offer suggestions for program improvement and the design of local curricular guidelines for the future of the art teacher program. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]