Making Theories of Children's Artistic Development Meaningful for Preservice Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Luehrman, Mick; Unrath, Kathy
Titel	Making Theories of Children's Artistic Development Meaningful for Preservice Teachers
Quelle	In: Art Education, 59 (2006) 3, S.6-12 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
Schlagwörter	Theories; Childrens Art; Preservice Teachers; Beginning Teachers; Art Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Art Education; Educational Psychology; Child Development; Freehand Drawing; Developmental Stages; Preservice Teacher Education; Missouri + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Theory; Theorie; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Art teacher; Kunsterzieher; Kunsterzieherin; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Kindesentwicklung; Drawing; Zeichnen; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung
Abstract	It is important for art teachers to understand how children develop artistically. This kind of knowledge is essential for choosing age-appropriate teaching strategies and content for the units and lessons that the art teacher develops. Beginning art teachers study developmental theory in educational psychology classes, but it seems that this is often a textbook, lecture, and exam approach that does not "stick" or, in any case, does not seem practically relevant to many pre-service teachers. Over the last few years in the art education programs at Central Missouri State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia, the authors of this paper have collaborated to develop an action research activity that seems to make developmental theory more meaningful to their students by connecting it concretely to children's artmaking. This article presents an outline of the students' research assignment, a brief overview of some basic issues in the field of children's development, and a discussion of the effect of culture and social context on children's development. (Contains 1 note and 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10