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Saracho, Olivia, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2014
The "Handbook of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education" brings together in one source research techniques that researchers can use to collect data for studies that contribute to the knowledge in early childhood education. To conduct valid and reliable studies, researchers need to be knowledgeable about numerous research…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Naturalistic Observation
Soundy, Cathleen S.; Drucker, Marilyn F. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2010
This article describes an integrated art and early literacy project entitled, Picture Partners". The main purpose of the project was to explore how young children create and express meaning through art. Children's responses, both written and spoken, were included because accompanying modes of expression expand the nature and content of their…
Descriptors: Proximity, Childrens Art, Picture Books, Art Education
Tipold, Janet – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2008
In this article, the author presents an activity she introduced to her first-grade art students. The activity, called Rootin' Tootin' Cowpokes, was built on a theme while encouraging students to express themselves through various art media. Each student began by creating his or her own wanted poster, choosing an alter ego with a nickname, and the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Grade 1, Art Activities, Class Activities
Blackrose, Morgan Schatz; Schatz, Roman W. – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
Storytelling-based arts projects offer a universal and inclusive pedagogy; challenging prejudices, celebrating diversity and promoting tolerance and resilience in participants. In addition they assist in the development of receptive and expressive language skills, provide a credible basis for understanding folklore, cultural traditions and social…
Descriptors: Tales, Social Values, Expressive Language, Language Skills
Jovana, Milutinovic; Olivera, Gajic – Online Submission, 2010
This paper underlies the importance of the museum and the international scientific partnership for the promotion and valorisation of regional cultural heritage, as a condition for developing greater awareness of civilizational framework of cultural inheritance at the global level. The goal of the action research that was carried out in parallel in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Museums, Art Education, Nonschool Educational Programs
Einarsdottir, Johanna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
This article describes a study with first grade children and their views on the primary school curriculum, as well as their influence on decision-making in school. The study was conducted with 20 six- and seven-year-old children in one primary school in Reykjavik, Iceland. The data gathered includes varied research methods such as group…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Grade 1, Student Experience, Interviews
Sears, Emilie – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2012
It is important to find the means by which struggling writers can find success in the English Language Arts. For students struggling with reading and writing, the visual arts may be a way of accessing and expressing their ideas and ultimately opening up a world of creative possibilities. This article explores drawing and painting as a pre-writing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Poetry, Creative Writing
Deaver, Sarah P. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2009
This paper describes methodology, data analysis, and initial results of a research study with the long-term goal of establishing contemporary normative data on drawings from children living in the United States. The pool of participants was composed of 316 fourth graders (mean age 9.69 years) and 151 second graders (mean age 7.56 years) who each…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Childrens Art, Data, Grade 4
Swann, Annette C. – Childhood Education, 2009
Young children are most attracted to classroom centers that offer the lively social interaction of play, stimulating construction activities, or animated computer programs. Efforts to create an attractive art center with abundant shelves of markers, crayons, various kinds of paper, and assorted materials attract a few children who want to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Play, Interpersonal Relationship, Toys
Faulkner, Dorothy, Ed.; Coates, Elizabeth, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This fascinating collection of international research offers fresh perspectives on children's creative processes and the expression of their creative imagination through dramatic play, stories, artwork, dance, music and conversation. Drawing on a range of research evidence from innovative educational initiatives in a wide variety of countries,…
Descriptors: Imagination, Curriculum Design, Childrens Art, Music
Biggs, Louise M. – Arts & Activities, 2009
Many people have seen "The Kiss" (1907-08), an iconic artwork by Austrian Symbolist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), but know little about its background. Since its creation, the sensual subject matter and lush golden patterns have been this culture's example of romantic love. The painting exemplifies Klimt's brand of Art Nouveau. Acceptance often eluded…
Descriptors: Artists, Internet, Art History, Intellectual History
Hallam, Jenny; Gupta, Mani Das; Lee, Helen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2011
This paper utilises a Vygotskian framework to examine the ways in which teachers shape the creation of children's artwork in educational contexts. Reflexive ethnography and a bottom up approach to discourse analysis are used to analyse a range of qualitative data including photographs, observational notes and audio recordings collected from a Year…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Art Activities, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis
Moriarty, M. Wyn – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2009
This paper explores a number of examples of what appeared to be recurring symbolic expressions of spirituality found in my recent research into the spiritual experiences of children in Victorian State primary schools. These expressions appeared in drawings and in conversation. In this paper I use hermeneutic phenomenology and a multidisciplinary…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Phenomenology, Spiritual Development, Religious Education
Walkup, Nancy – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2007
Even very young children can start observing, thinking about, and talking about elements of the visual culture that surrounds them. A good place to start is right underneath their feet--the designs on the bottoms of their shoes. Students become aware of the designs, compare them with the designs of their neighbors, speculate on the possible…
Descriptors: Art Education, Ceramics, Childrens Art, Elementary School Students
Fleming, Kimberley K. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to identify the developmental stages and feelings that children are portraying in their artwork. Included in the paper the writer gives examples of the different stages of scribbling and an activity for teachers and parents to do with the child. The results of the activities will give insight into a child's feelings…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Young Children, Developmental Stages, Freehand Drawing