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Tsortanidou, Xanthippi; Daradoumis, Thanasis; Barberá, Elena – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of this pilot study is to identify how Waldorf-inspired imaginative teaching methods, and low-technology prototyping promote New Media Literacies (NMLs) development at upper elementary school students. Particularly, the aim is twofold: firstly, to test the feasibility of the research design and validate the research instruments;…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Imagination, Learning Processes, Skill Development
Herberholz, Barbara – Arts & Activities, 2012
When he painted a portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II (1552-1612), Giuseppe Arcimboldo used his imagination, and portrayed him as "Vertumnus," the Roman god of vegetation and the seasons. It's fun to find the different fruits, vegetables and flowers he used: pea-pod eyelids, a gourd for the forehead. Court painters of the time usually…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Artists, Art History
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Beck, Robert J. – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2009
The purpose of "Picturing Peace", a digital photography program conducted in 4th and 5th grade classrooms in the U. S. and Northern Ireland, was to enhance students' photographic skills to create visual metaphors of the concept of peace. Two principal research questions were addressed: (a) Could 9-10 year-old students create apt and…
Descriptors: Peace, Imagination, Art Activities, Photography