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Peer reviewedSchiller, Marjorie – Visual Arts Research, 1995
Maintains that young children enjoy talking about art and should be given opportunities to do so. Recommends using Parsons' Aesthetic Development Theory as a flexible framework and guideline for discussion. Includes several transcribed discussions between the teacher and her pupils. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education, Class Activities
Peer reviewedBrown, Neil – Visual Arts Research, 1993
Asserts that art education affirms its identify within the school curriculum by the way it controls and assembles its beliefs. Concludes that it is only at the level of reflective interaction that the cultures of art and art education can be resolved and a rationale for art education developed. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art Teachers, Cognitive Processes
Download full textGardner, Nancy C., Ed.; Thompson, Christine, Ed. – Visual Arts Research, 1994
This document consists of the two issues of the journal "Visual Arts in Research" published in 1994. This journal focuses on the theory and practice of visual arts education from educational, historical, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. Number 1 of this volume includes the following contributions: (1) "Zooming in on the Qualitative…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedMatthews, John; Jessel, John – Visual Arts Research, 1993
Reports on a study of seven preschool children engaged in drawing activities with traditional media (crayons, felt-tip pens, etc.) and a mouse-driven computer paintbox program. Finds that the same basic media-independent strategies are used when children try to establish a relationship between their mark-making actions and the resultant effects.…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Child Development, Childrens Art
Gardner, Nancy C., Ed.; Thompson, Christine, Ed. – Visual Arts Research, 1995
This document consists of the two issues of the journal "Visual Arts Research" published in 1995. This journal focuses on the theory and practice of visual arts education from educational, historical, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. Number 1 of this volume includes the following contributions: (1) "Children's Sensitivity to…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Criticism, Art Education, Childrens Art
Peer reviewedWinston, Andrew S.; And Others – Visual Arts Research, 1995
Presents three studies of children's ability to create and detect expressions of emotion in drawings. Compared to younger children, older children used more strategies, experimented with line and color, and were more likely to explore themes of death, aging, and illness. Includes sample drawings and statistical tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Therapy
Peer reviewedFreeman, Norman H.; Sanger, Daniella – Visual Arts Research, 1995
Summarizes interviews with British West Indies children concerning the production of art and the role of the artist. Demonstrates that children's perceptions undergo a shift from naive realism (pretty things make pretty pictures) to a more interpretive stance (the artist's efforts define the final product). (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Products
