ERIC Number: EJ904986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 12
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Greek Pre-Schoolers Crayon the Politicians: A Semiotic Analysis of Children's Drawing
Bessas, Takis; Vamvakidou, Ifigenia; Kyridis, Argyris
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, v7 n2 p162?173 2006
This article concerns the ways in which pre-school children use the visual arts to portray their understanding of politicians. The purpose of this research was to discuss children's drawings of politicians using semiotic analysis. The use of semiotic analysis was based on the need to understand the nature of the drawings and their relation to the ways in which children regarded their politicians. This method can be used to analyze the particular sample of children's drawings as there is an "intention to inform" and also as the signs, which offer information, are dependent on the objects-persons being described. (Contains 11 drawings and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Semiotics, Linguistic Theory, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Freehand Drawing, Public Officials, Childhood Attitudes, Intention, Stereotypes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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