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Art survey
The survey included one item which asked students to select three preferences from a list, thirteen items which asked students to record a rating response by circling their choice, one item which asked them to tick boxes to indicate frequency of activities, and one item which asked them to list preferred activities.

Students were asked to rate how often they did eight different types of art activities at school, and how often they took part in group activities during art. Mäori students in general education indicated that drawing was their most frequent art activity, followed by painting, with all other activities much less frequent. Drawing was also first for students in Mäori immersion settings, but the other activities were more evenly experienced. Painting and making models were second equal, followed by working with fabrics/weaving, and then printmaking. Carving was rarely experienced in general education, and also drew the highest number of "never" responses in Mäori immersion settings. Students in Mäori immersion settings experienced group activities in art a little more frequently.

Students were asked an open question: "What do you like doing most in art in your own time?" For Mäori students in general education, drawing was the most highly rated activity, followed by painting, with all other activities much less popular. For students in Mäori immersion settings, several art making activities were popular (painting, drawing, weaving, crafts).

Responses to the thirteen rating items are presented in the table on the next page. The results show that, compared to Mäori students in general education, students in Mäori immersion programmes felt they learned more about art at school, were more positive about their own abilities in art, and reported a wider range of art making experiences at school. Most dramatically, far fewer (8 percent versus 47 percent) answered "don't know" to the question "How good does your teacher think you are at art?"

Overview
 Students were also asked to select their three favourite school subjects from a list of twelve subjects. Among the Mäori students in general education, physical education was the most popular subject, listed as first, second or third choice by 69 percent of students. Art rated second (56 percent), technology third (41 percent), music fourth (33 percent), maths fifth (28 percent), and Mäori sixth (22 percent). Among the students in Mäori immersion programmes, physical education was again first (69 percent) and art again second (40 percent). Maths was third (32 percent), Mäori and technology fourth equal (29 percent) and science sixth (27 percent).
Student Responses to the Year 8 Art Survey Questions
percentages — Mäori students in general education    Mäori Immersion students
a
1. How much do you like doing art at school?  64  54 26  37 6  7 4  2
a   heaps quite a lot some little
2. How much do you think you can learn about art at school? 29  15 38  50 29  35 4  0
3. How often does your class do really good things in art? 
13  11
 31  36 51  49 5  4
a   heapsa quite a lot sometimes never
4. How often do you do these things in art at school?
a. drawing
 34  33 30  36 34  24 2  4
b. painting
 17  18 25  28 53  37 5  17
c. print making
8  15 12  25 53  33 27  27
d. collage
 6  8 9  33 52  39 33  20
e. carving
 6  16 5  11 26  30 63  43
f. making models
10  19 11  35 41  23 38  23
g. working with clay
 7  2 14  32 40  28 39  38
h. work with fabrics / weaving 9  21 17  16 41  39 33  24
g. group activities 35  42 25  33 32  21 8  4
a heaps quite a lot sometimes never
5. How often do you look at art and talk about art at school? 14  21 34  37 40  38 12  4
6. How often do you learn new things in art at school? 8  25 52  40 36  31

4  4
 
don't know
7. How good do you think you are at art?
22  50
 47  25 14  11 7  6 10  8
8. How good does your teacher think you are at art?
21  37
22  35
10  8
0  12
47  8
9. How good does your mum or dad think you are at art?
43  49
25  33
10  6
0  4
22  8
10. How much do you like doing art in your own time – when you're not at school
47  39
30  34
15  19
8  8
-
a
heaps
 quite a lot  sometimes   never  
11. Do you do really good things in art in your own time – when you're not at school?
19  15
 21  29 49  46 11  10
 
yes
no
maybe
-
12. Do you want to keep learning about art when you grow up?
49  51
45  37
6  12
-
13. Do you think you would make a good artist when you grow up?
13  17
53  45
34  28
 
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