Drawing Out Ideas: Graphicacy and Young Children |
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Authors: | Angela Anning |
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Institution: | (1) School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK |
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Abstract: | Drawing offers a powerful mode for representing and clarifying one‘s own thinking and for communicating ideas to others. Young
children instinctively use drawing in the same exploratory way that designers use sketching to ’converse with themselves‘
when generating ideas. The two distinctive traditions of drawing in Technology and Fine Art are replicated in the Design and
Technology and Art and Design curricula in England and Wales. However, because we lack research evidence about (i) the processes
by which children develop drawing capability and (ii) the effects of school culture and pedagogy on the development of children‘s
drawing capability, teachers are confused about how to teach drawing and unsure about the role of graphicacy in promoting
children‘s learning in both subjects. In this article the particular dilemmas of teaching design drawing to young children
will be discussed. A research agenda for the teaching and learning of drawing in primary schools will be outlined.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | drawing designing young children technology education |
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