PREART Project: An Art Education Training Methodology in Pre-Service Teacher Education to Strengthen the Presence of Art in Schooling

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https://doi.org/10.55777/rea.v19i38.6227

Keywords:

Teacher training, Art, Teaching, Digital innovation, Digital resourses

Abstract

Introduction: PREART was designed to optimise arts training for teacher training students given the limited teaching load. Objective: to evaluate a self-directed learning methodology (video tutorials + guided practice) in fine arts subjects. Method: A longitudinal quasi-experimental study with three measurements (Q1-start, Q2-midpoint, Q3-end) using anonymous questionnaires, linked across time points by a non-identifiable code. Experimental group (n=84) and control group (n=16). Five self-reported competencies (scale 1–5) and four items assessing the value/usefulness of art were measured, constructing two indices (competencies and value). The effect was estimated using repeated measures models (GEE; group×time interaction), with complementary non-parametric analyses and Holm’s correction. Results: both groups improved, but the experimental group showed a significantly superior trajectory; after starting from comparable levels in Q1, it presented higher scores in Q2 and Q3 and greater gains relative to baseline, in both competencies and art appreciation. Conclusion: PREART is associated with differential and sustained improvements; triangulation with objective measures and greater equivalence between groups is recommended.

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Author Biography

David José Gamella González, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, UNIR, España

He holds a Bachelor’s and Doctorate in Fine Arts (UCM), a Master’s in Advanced Music Therapy and Applications (UAM), and is a Mindfulness expert (KAYZEN). Since 2019, he has been the academic director of the Official Master’s Degree in Music Therapy at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR). He has coordinated intervention projects in social inclusion (“Voces de Acogida”) and in a hospital setting (“UCImusic”, Adult ICU at La Paz University Hospital, Madrid). In 2021, he founded and now directs, as editor-in-chief, the MiSOSTENiDO Journal of Music Therapy Research (UNIR), and contributes as a reviewer to international journals and specialist publishers. He is the founder of the MUTtalks music therapy entrepreneurship conference and the MUTCAST music therapy podcast. He currently leads innovation and research initiatives such as investIgA (AI applied to research), and the VELMUT, PiMAS and TCANTO transfer projects (2025–2027), and is accredited as a music therapy supervisor by the CAEMT.

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PORTADA_VOLUMEN 19, NÚMERO 38

Published

2026-05-10

How to Cite

Gamella González, D. J. (2026). PREART Project: An Art Education Training Methodology in Pre-Service Teacher Education to Strengthen the Presence of Art in Schooling. Journal of Learning Styles, 19(38), 111–125. https://doi.org/10.55777/rea.v19i38.6227