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Manera, Lorenzo – Education 3-13, 2022
In the educational experience of Reggio Emilia, art education is held to be a central element in children's knowledge building processes and the aesthetic experience is considered an activator of learning process. In the Reggio educational philosophy, the space dedicated to aesthetic education and the exploration of artistic languages and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Aesthetic Education, Reggio Emilia Approach, Educational Philosophy
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Ampartzaki, Maria, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2023
This book discusses innovative approaches that employ transformative elements (targets, methods, materials, ideas, etc.) in early childhood education. It embraces integrated approaches and conceptualizations, such as the concept of "edu-care," which signifies the inseparability of care and education. Further, it examines the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, STEM Education
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Denee, Rachel; Cherrington, Sue – New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 2023
The early childhood sector in New Zealand has a long-held tradition of free play and child-led pedagogy, influencing visual arts approaches with young children. However, alongside learning through play, New Zealand's sociocultural curriculum highlights the active role of the teacher and intentional pedagogy. This article explores the practices and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Visual Arts, Art Education, Teaching Methods
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Leung, Suzannie K. Y. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020
Hong Kong, as a capitalist society, has an achievement-driven education system. Visual arts have become a marginalized learning area, especially in early childhood education. Although 'art and creativity' is one of the six learning domains for early childhood education in the kindergarten curriculum guide in Hong Kong, product-oriented and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Fernández Santín, Mercè; Feliu Torruella, Maria – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
We seem to have a problem in arts education at pre-school level: the lack of specific training for teachers teaching this subject to very young children. The future preschool teachers' training seems to be focused on the teaching and learning aspects of artistic education however they receive little training on methodologies and philosophies.…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Competencies
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Yu, Jacqueline Lye Wai; Garces-Bacsal, Rhoda Myra; Wright, Susan Kay – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2017
This study investigates young children's responses to viewing artworks in a preschool setting. Based on the responses of 15 children aged five to six years during five art viewing sessions in a preschool in Singapore, the study examines features of what young children see, think and feel when they view artworks. These sessions were facilitated by…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Visual Arts, Creativity, Imagination