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Sickler-Voigt, Debrah C. – National Art Education Association, 2020
When first studying children's artistic development, many preservice teachers feel amazed as they learn students' artistic capabilities and see how students can thrive under the guidance of effective art educators. Teaching a standards-based art curriculum skillfully and with care requires art educators to be familiar with developmentally…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Art, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Journals
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Kingery, Julie Newman; Gaskell, Margaret E.; Toner, Shana R.; Rice, Stacey E.; Gray, Melissa L.; Milligan, Jesse A.; Milmoe, Maureen H. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2018
The primary goal of this paper is to describe an innovative active learning experience (i.e., class trip to a children's museum) aimed at expanding child psychology students' knowledge of the developmental benefits of play. A secondary goal is to present preliminary data about the impact of this experience on students' learning by examining scores…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Child Psychology, Play, Museums
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Sunday, Kristine E. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2015
In this article, I consider the changing landscape of art education and explore potential directions for the field to situate itself within the spaces of early childhood education. I position that current understandings of child art and its use in both research and practice in the early childhood classroom are limited by a lack of connection to…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Art Education, Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing
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Kelleher, John – Harvard Educational Review, 2013
This article describes John Kelleher's experience in observing the creations of his preschool daughter. Both he and his wife are formally trained in the arts, and looked forward to guiding their daughter down an artistic path. In his mind, what makes a great artist usually involves a great deal of technical ability and commitment to a complex…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Preschool Children, Art Expression, Higher Education
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Kouvou, Ourania – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2016
This report outlines the cognitive accomplishments of young children involved in graphic dialogue with adults. A token of collaborative drawing is examined exhibiting the degree to which adult informed tutoring enabled children in their drawing development, enhanced their motivation and ability in narration and resulted in drawings meaningful to…
Descriptors: Creativity, Freehand Drawing, Childrens Art, Tutoring
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Chang, EunJung; Lim, Maria; Kim, Minam – Art Education, 2012
In this article, three art educators reflect on their ideas and experiences in developing and implementing innovative projects for their courses focusing on art for elementary education majors. They explore three different approaches. The three areas that are discussed in depth include: (1) understanding child art; (2) visual culture; and (3)…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Art Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Childrens Art
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Morais, Carla – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The dissemination of chemistry has been experienced as a difficult task, largely because of the negative image that the public has of this science, but also because of its inherent complexity and its own semantics and symbolism. Science centers, as informal learning environments, can contribute to a more effective dissemination of chemistry to an…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Story Telling, Chemistry, Science Activities
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Tal, Clodie – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
This study seeks to determine how and to what extent the core principles of the early childhood education programme at Levinsky College of Education in Israel were applied by a third-year student teacher in a traditional fieldwork placement. At the beginning of the school year, the student planned to engage two small groups of children in her…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education
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Gregory, Peter – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2012
The arguments for, and justification of, the value of teaching art in school have been made previously, but contextually these are often situated in Western affluence. This article explores the issues with a strikingly contrasted setting. The rural school in the study is approximately 30 minutes' drive from the nearest town, and the pupils are…
Descriptors: Art Education, Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Educational Resources
Landin, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The use of drawing in the classroom has a contentious history in the U.S. education system. While most instructors and students agree that the activity helps students focus and observe more details, there is a lack of empirical data to support these positions. This study examines the use of three treatments (writing a description, drawing a…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Verbal Learning, Biology, Cognitive Processes
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Barndt, Deborah, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2011
This compelling collection of inspiring case studies from community arts projects in five countries will inform and inspire students, artists, and activists. "VIVA!" is the product of a five-year transnational research project that integrates place, politics, passion, and praxis. Framed by postcolonial theories of decolonization, the…
Descriptors: Popular Education, Art Education, Community Development, Social Change
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Michael, Orly; Rajuan, Maureen – Journal of Peace Education, 2009
This article presents research on an intercultural project supervised by teacher trainers and implemented by two Jewish student teachers in a Bedouin school in the south of Israel. The student teachers developed and taught an English language unit on the differences and similarities between Jewish and Arab cultures for the purpose of promoting…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Childrens Art, Jews, Intervention
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Armon, Joan; Ortega, Tony – Language Arts, 2008
Letras y Arte: Literacy and Art, is a summer course that pairs college students and children from a Latino neighborhood for literacy and art learning. Started five years ago, Letras y Arte provides opportunities in four areas: (1) literacy opportunities that foster distinctive identities and voice; (2) immersion in a broad view of literacy that…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Art Education, College Students, Visual Arts
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Kalin, Nadine; Kind, Sylvia – Art Education, 2006
While art education programs often rely on preservice teachers learning by reading pertinent literature and by following art technique demonstrations alone, they may disregard the tensions many preservice teachers feel between the different contexts of studying in university and teaching in schools. Teachers rarely have the opportunities and time…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Art, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teaching
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Jane, Beverley; Fleer, Marilyn; Gipps, John – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2007
Stereotypical views of scientists portrayed in the media, and how science is currently taught in Australian schools, both contribute to many students not studying science beyond Year 10. Reports on the status of science teaching in primary schools still tend to focus on the individual teacher's lack of confidence and inadequate content knowledge,…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Childrens Art, Hands on Science, Data Analysis