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Pahl, Kate – Reading: Literacy and Language, 2001
Compares a child's drawings at home with the child's drawings at school. Concludes that children can activate meaning in a different way at home than at school. Suggests that transforming artifacts across sites may be something children do that often goes undocumented. (SG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Art, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship
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Styles, Morag; Arizpe, Evelyn – Children's Literature in Education, 2001
Explores the multilayered nature of a single picture book by Anthony Browne and the sophisticated responses (including their own pictures) children ages 4-11 bring to interpreting such a text. Suggests that some children who are not yet confident at reading print have developed impressive capacities for analyzing image. (SG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Art, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Heath, Jay A.; Boris, Gregory A.; Baron, Mark A. – NCA Quarterly, 1999
Presents a case study of 95 elementary schools within a 50-mile radius of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to discern the extent to which elementary schools use local cultural/arts organizations to enhance teaching and learning. Concludes that most schools made use of available resources and that there is a need for a community "clearinghouse"…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Case Studies, Childrens Art