The object of this thesis is to look for a way to improve and to encourage
teachers' training programs at art museums for secondary school art teachers by
providing preliminary data from analysis of actual condition and needs survey.
It has been researched with the goal of operating diverse in-service education
programs for art teachers to promote desirable growth and realization of secondary
art education. For this, teachers' programs at art museum that allow first-hand
experience as a public art education institute should be encouraged.
This study has been conducted with a survey of current secondary art
teachers was used to research and analyze their recognition, satisfaction, and
requirement. For the survey, questionnaires were sent to 120 randomly selected
secondary art teachers currently working in Seoul and metropolitan areas. 115
questionnaires collected were consolidated and processed as a statistical data
analysis using SPSS(Statistical Package for Social Science) v.12.0 program.
Based on the results of the survey, it is suggested that the teachers' training
program for secondary art teachers at art museums should be operated focusing
their requirements with an appropriate educational method, instructors, and
environment so that it brings effective results on both art teachers' professional
development and art museum education. Hopefully, this research will be used as a
helpful resource for future development of training programs for secondary art
teachers at art museums.