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Armington, David – 1987
This book describes the special way one teacher, Jeanette Amidon, approaches children's thinking, with a particular focus on reading and writing instruction. The root value of her first-grade classroom in Massachusetts is respect for children's ideas, with the children's art and writing as visible signs of the teacher's respect for their thinking.…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Childrens Writing, Classroom Environment, Creative Development
Wakai, Kunio, Ed. – 1992
This annual report by the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan contains 10 articles by Japanese and American researchers on various aspects of children's cognitive and affective development. The following articles are presented: (1) "Making the Cut: Early Schooling and Cognitive…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Children, Childrens Art, Cognitive Development
Malchiodi, Cathy A. – 1998
Children's art not only provides a window to children's problems, it also gives them another language with which to share feelings and ideas. This book provides an overview of the multidimensional aspects of children's drawings, and is intended to assist therapists in working with children and their drawings. Chapter 1 discusses projective tests…
Descriptors: Art Products, Art Therapy, Child Abuse, Child Development
New, Rebecca S. – 1989
The municipal early childhood program in Reggio Emilia, Italy, one of the most renowned examples of community-supported child care systems in the Western world, is described. A brief historical overview is followed by discussion of such aspects of the Reggio Emilia project as the high level of exchange between families and schools, the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Boards of Education, Childrens Art, Community Programs
Vogel, Nancy – 2001
This document is comprised of 12 issues of a High/Scope newsletter designed to give parents information on child development and to provide suggestions for ways parents can support their preschool child's development at home. Each issue focuses on one aspect of development or learning. The topics for the 12 issues are: (1) dramatic play; (2)…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Child Rearing, Childrens Art
Seefeldt, Carol, Ed. – 1999
Continuing pressures on all of education to fully prepare children for the role of citizen intensifies the need for early childhood educators to respond to the questions of what is taught and what content young children are learning. Designed as a resource for early childhood educators, this book offers an overview of various theories, research…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Staley, Rebecca R.; Staley, Frederick A. – 1988
A framework for using the outdoors as a vehicle for providing meaningful language arts experiences is presented in this guide geared toward intermediate students but adaptable for other ages. The introduction outlines goals of language arts instruction and notes that activities conducted outdoors contribute to these goals because they are…
Descriptors: American Indians, Animals, Astronomy, Childrens Art
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Harvard Project Zero. – 1978
This report reviews major theoretical and empirical studies concerning the process of creativity and the skills involved in creating art. Part I describes process studies with adult subjects engaged in activities such as poetry writing, editing, and critiquing a poem. Ten amateur and ten professional poets were subjects. These studies analyzed the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aesthetic Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2002
As part of its efforts to improve services for children, birth to age five, the Maryland Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families charged the State Department of Education with identifying and implementing, by school year 2000-01, an early childhood assessment system that provides baseline information on children entering kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Childrens Art, Comparative Analysis
Hutinger, Patricia; Potter, Judy; Schneider, Carol; Guzman, Merriam; Johanson, Joyce – 2002
This final report describes the activities and outcomes of a 3-year Expressive Arts Outreach project at Western Illinois University to integrate and replicate the Expressive Arts (EA) model based on developmentally appropriate experiences in the expressive arts, with an emphasis on visual arts, into early childhood programs for children (ages 3-8)…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Child Development, Childrens Art
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Dalton, Robert – Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues, 1997
Criticizes the growing practice of using children's art in the service of political causes. Discusses a recent exhibit that included Iraqi children's art in support of the Intifada and in condemnation of Israel. Questions the ethics of this for art educators and its effectiveness as political persuasion. (MJP)
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Art Education, Audience Response, Bias
Zurmuehlen, Marilyn, Ed. – Working Papers in Art Education, 1985
Papers by graduate students, and occasionally papers from their mentors which establish a context for the student papers, are organized by sponsoring University. Student papers presented are: (1) "Cognitive Strategy in Design: The Measurement of its Effect On the Student Design Project" (Michael Eckersley); (2) "The Effects of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art, Art Criticism, Art Education
Zurmuehlen, Marilyn, Ed. – Working Papers in Art Education, 1987
Papers by graduate students, and occasionally papers from their mentors which establish a context for the student papers, are organized by sponsoring University. Student papers presented are: (1) "A Husserlian Phenomenological Investigation of the Lived Experience of an Art Educator and Children" (Alan Wilson); (2) "Art in General…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Art History, Art Teachers
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Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1985
Created by children in grades 5-8 who were enrolled in a year-long Hupa language class, this computer-generated, bilingual book contains descriptions and illustrations of local animals, birds, and fish. The introduction explains that students worked on a Macintosh computer able to print the Unifon alphabet used in writing the Hupa language.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Animals
Murphy, Judith; Jones, Lonna – 1976
This document provides an overview of art education research funded by the Arts and Humanities Program (AHP) from 1965-70. Several dozen research and development projects, selected from among the more than 200 initiated during this period, are analyzed to indicate the wide range of scope and funding, nominal success or failure, distribution among…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Teachers, Childrens Art
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