Can Young Children Be Art Critics?.

Cole, Elizabeth; Schaefer, Claire

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Publication Date: 1990

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Can Young Children Be Art Critics?

Cole, Elizabeth; Schaefer, Claire

Young Children, v45 n2 p33-38 Jan 1990

Presents a teaching approach developed by Edmund Feldman that encourages young children to talk about art through guided discussion. A dialogue with a small group of four- and five-year-olds about the painting, "The Countess of Sussex and Her Daughter," by Thomas Gainsborough, is included. (BB)

Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Criticism, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions, Public Education, Questioning Techniques, Teacher Guidance, Teaching Guides, Teaching Methods, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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