
Drawing to Learn
Margaret Brooks(Author)
Margaret Brooks (Publisher)
Published on 10. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-0-6454044-7-0 (ISBN)
Description
About this Book
Drawing and art making are core to programming in early childhood. We know that children use the arts to make sense of their world. But do we know how this happens and how best we can support it? Art is a form of communication, a language. For young children who do not yet read and write it is a primary means of communication.
But can we speak this language? Do we fully understand how the arts supports thinking and meaning making for young children? Much of early childhood practice rests on socio, cultural, historical theories. However, until now there has been no framework for the arts in early childhood that is congruent with these contemporary theories.
This book effectively addresses this gap in the literature. It is a scholarly work that carefully unpacks the art making processes of young children from a Vygotskian perspective. It illustrates and demonstrates through stories and samples of children's art making processes, how drawing and the arts are a leading activity in the development of the child. It links theory to practice to empower educators to support the artistic development of young children. It demonstrates how art studio practices, when braided with socio, cultural, historical theories provide a powerful tool for learning.
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Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
246 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-6454044-7-0 (9780645404470)
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Dr Margaret Brooks is an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of
New England, Australia. She has been researching drawing and art for almost thirty years. Her research focuses on young children's drawing processes
and the relationship between drawing and meaning making from socio/ cultural perspectives. She uses arts based and visual ethnographic methods to examine the drawing processes of both adults and young children. She is also a practicing artist. Her most recent artwork involves collaboration with artists, young children and art museums around environmental, cultural and social issues. Her studio work focuses on drawing and installation. She believes in the power of art to facilitate 'trans- actions' between people issues and places.
Margaret has a strong global audience and is the owner and editor of 'The 'International Art in Early Childhood' web site, and the editor for the 'International Art in Early Childhood Research Journal'.
See HTTPS://artinearlychildhood.org/