Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ391372
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Publication Date: 1989
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Drawing on Culture: The Influence of Culture on Children's Drawing Performance in Rural Kenya.
Court, Elsbeth
Journal of Art and Design Education, v8 n1 p65-88 Spr 1989
Discusses the effects of teaching rural East African children to portray human beings by means of stick conventions. Sees this imposition of rational knowledge as inhibitive to the aesthetic outlook of students. Argues that an imposed art style suppresses imaginative identification in any setting. (KO)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Imagination, Visual Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kenya
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