To be understood, visually, often depends on how skilled one is in catching form and translating it into a two-dimensional surface. This is a challenge we are confronted with early in life. Children's learning strategies in drawing are not always understood or encouraged. This article presents a socio-cultural analysis from Norway of a pedagogical…

Incorporate inquiry-based practices into the early childhood classroom or family child care home. Inspired by an approach to teaching and learning born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, this book emphasizes investigation anchored by drawing, painting, and other art activities. It provides advice on setting up a studio space for art and inquiry and fifteen…

Children's understanding about animal internal structure can be affected by several factors which are poorly understood by teachers. We conducted a large sample study (n=702) of children aged 6-16 years (Grades 1-9) examining children's responses to animals of various size, species and dimensions (2D and 3D objects), and exploring factors which…

The aging population of the world has dramatically been increasing thereby creating the need to assess and address the emotional feelings of the elderly. The intent of this qualitative study was to capture the essence or the lebenswelt of the Filipino elderly's sense of belongingness. This was accomplished by capitalizing on the power of conscious…

This research project involved viewing elementary children's (ages 8-10) design technology drawing through a theoretical perspective developed by analyzing professional drawing practice. The perspective places more emphasis on the generative aspect of drawing as well as on the use of different types of drawings at different stages of design. The…

This collection consists entirely of cartoons and clip art depicting various aspects of the media professional's role. The material may be copied or adapted for noncommercial use by the original purchaser. (GL)

Studies of children's representation of spatial relationships and ability to respond to temporal relationships in photographs are reported. Participants in the study of spatial relationships were 90 children at 5, 8, and 11 years of age, who were asked to reproduce three types of depth relationship: enclosure, occlusion, and perspective. Each…

Author has improvised an inexpensive, safe, quick-success printing experience wherein children draw designs on foam trays. (Author/RK)

Based on the author's PhD dissertation at Teachers College, Columbia University, and supported in part by the Behavior Research Institute of California (Grant 69-002). A related article is AA 501 859.

Criticism of a study by Zev W. Wanderer, AA 501 858.

Child victims of incest were judged to have more poorly developed impulse controls, a defensive structure which emphasizes repression, and were significantly more variable in the degree to which they expressed sexual features in the drawings. (Author/CL)

The Goodenough-Harris Draw-a-Person Test, if given at regular intervals during periods of remediation, may show clear evidence of improvement in behavior and attitude of learning disabled students. (CL)

Considers the process of creativity and its expression in the drawings of children. (RK)

Author describes an art class project for children ages 7-10. (CB)

Four classes of first grade children produced a drawing a day for ten days. The length of the head, trunk, and legs was measured to the nearest milimeter. The children clearly magnified head length and somewhat less clearly diminished leg length. (WY)