Teaching Young Children to Draw: Imaginative Approaches to Representational Drawing

by Cooke; GRANT B

• ISBN13: 9780750706537
• ISBN10: 0750706538
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135714154
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This illustrated handbook on teaching young children to draw has been developed using what the authors call the "negotiated drawing approach". It presents this approach to teachers, demonstrating how it works, ideas for future work, and concrete evidence that it actually produces good results.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	iv	(2)
Acknowledgements	vi
1 Why Teach Children to Draw?	1	(18)
Representational Drawing	4	(3)
Cultural Influences	7	(2)
Learning Through and About Drawing	9	(3)
The Artist as Role-model	12	(1)
Different Views about Art Education	13	(1)
Methods Advocated in this Book	14	(2)
What Do We Mean by 'Negotiated Drawing'?	16	(3)
2 Examples of Lessons Using Negotiated Drawing	19	(44)
The Magic Vacuum Cleaner	22	(7)
The Dancing Skeleton	29	(8)
How to Fry an Egg	37	(9)
How to Make a Sandwich	46	(8)
Capturing a Dinosaur	54	(9)
3 Things to Remember	63	(6)
What Materials Do the Children Need?	64	(1)
Some "Do"s and "Don't"s	65	(2)
Check List of Reminders!	67	(2)
4 More Ideas for Lessons	69	(38)
The Magic Bicycle	71	(3)
Hanging Out the Washing	74	(3)
Creatures who Live in a Shoe	77	(3)
Swimming in the Sea	80	(3)
The Fox and the Stork	83	(3)
Weighing an Elephant	86	(3)
Mother and Child	89	(3)
A Crocodile in the Classroom	92	(5)
Going Fishing	97	(4)
Daffodils	101	(6)
5 Research Findings	107	(11)
'Negotiated Drawing'-How Do We Know It Works?	108	(1)
The Need for Objective Evidence	108	(1)
Evaluating the Drawings	109	(1)
'Before' and 'After' Drawings	110	(1)
Comparing Different Approaches	110	(1)
Equal at the Start	111	(1)
The Ten Drawing Lessons	112	(1)
The Judges	112	(1)
Judges' Ratings	112	(1)
The Results of the Study	113	(3)
Conclusion	116	(2)
References	118