Hsiao, C. (2010). Enhancing children 's artistic and creative thinking and drawing performance through appreciating picture books. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 29(2), 143-152. doi:10.1111/j.1476-8070.2010.01642.x
In as much as there are different kinds of learners such as visual, tactile, and auditory among others, the teaching approach also varies. In this sense, with learning made faster and more vicarious, the education sectors come up with dynamic and up-to-date strategies to strengthen the settled rule of learning.
In Taiwan, a journal entry focusing on the enhancement of children’s artistic and creative thinking and drawing performance through picture book appreciation was published. The study promotes the use of visual aids – more likely, pictures – to stimulate and enhance the creativity of a learner’s way of thinking. It suggests the importance of pictures in the general concept of learning as these are the easiest medium to communicate and present ideas to children. More often than not, children are playful and experime...
Do you ever just sit back and wonder how many images run through your brain everyday and thinking back on that how many of those were images from our society’s pop culture? With our ever growing technology and media of our society, children are constantly being exposed to visual stimuli. Paul Duncum, a professor of art education, studies how these stimuli not only affect our students and children but also how we can incorporate them into the art classroom in an effective way. In this paper I will illustrate to you the life and work of Paul Duncum. I will be talking about Duncum’s contributions to art education, his teaching philosophy, and how I can use his beliefs and teachings in my future as an art educator but first I would like to give you some background on Paul Duncum.
I chose to read and comment on Barbara Kiefer’s “Envisioning Experience: The Potential of Picture Books.” Kiefer’s main point in writing this essay was to get the message across that children enjoy picture books that allow them to identify and make connections with the characters or the plots, and that while reading and analyzing the pictures, they gain a better sense of aesthetics and how to interpret them.
Teaching using creative methods can help develop the whole child. It can make learning experiences more exciting, more relevant, create different contexts for learning, al...
Though commonly only viewed as learning materials for younger elementary-age students, picture books are an innovative and exciting teaching tool for older
Whenever an opportunity arises where a researched-based strategy is presented as a viable option to use to assist students in their learning, we, as future educators, should be willing to use and/or adapt the method to improve our instruction and move our students forward. This article showed me the power of associative critical thinking using visual images. When students are able to draw symbols, sketch main ideas and include captions from an expository text they are reading into the outline of the human head, they are better able to recall the main ideas and include them in their own writing using their own words. Children in elementary school for the most part, enjoy drawing and so this strategy is appealing, and as Paquette & Fello (2010) point out, it is also developmentally appropriate for elementary-aged
Visual learning and decision making are being promoted through art education because students are exposed to different forms of art every day. Technology forces students to take in more visual information through cues or pictures (Lynch). Dr. Kerry Freeman, Head of Art and Design at Northern Illinois University, stated that, “Parents need to be aware that children learn a lot more from graphic sources now than in the past…Children need ...
Isbell, R. & Raines, S. (2003). Creativity and the arts with young children. New York: Thompson Delmar Learning.
Your imagination is the ammunition. Stay dirty, and stay dangerous. Create and destroy as you see fit. Embrace your originality.” Art can indeed be used as a weapon that comes in many forms. It can come in the form of photography, a story, or a performance. It is up to you to pick your medium. In The Creative Gun photograph, like mentioned earlier, the crayons are the ammunition. They are the way we are first taught how to show our artistic development and expression. I believe that it is extremely important to not put limits on art activities so that you won’t stifle a child’s creativity. That way, they are able to create something of their own from their own
This shows how much society has changed since the 1900’s. Modern-day children are worse in almost every aspect of creative thinking when compared to previous generations. Society is hurting children’s imagination by not being supportive of outside time and social connections. With modern electronic devices, kids seldomly need to leave the house in order to be entertained. The lack of play time and social interactions severely hamper the development of children’s creativity. In summary, society is developing into something that lacks encouragement of creativity, and that is a major
Creativity is an essential attribute of human beings that is primarily developed in our childhood. Creativity is defined as the ability to use the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things, especially in an artistic context. This artistic context can range anywhere from visual arts, to music, to dance. Although, the problem today is that this critical role of imagination, discovery, and creativity in a child 's education is not being fulfilled to its maximum. The cause of this expanding problem is that too many art and music programs, which promote creativity, are being taken out of school programs. Problems around this issue then begin to surface; children will soon not appreciate, or realize, creativities ' vital importance and how it shapes oneself. Therefore, curriculum in schools is limiting the growth and development of creativity in adolescents.
There are a whole lot of programs or curriculums out there that try to talk about the environmental and academic needs of children. In this paper, I will try my best to discuss the five components of the Creative Curriculum framework, as well as the philosophies, theories, and research behind its foundation.
Every child has his own way in creating any art, we need to give the opportunity to every child to create his own world the way he feels like, we need as an educator to provide the materials for them to be able to be creative. And I believe each child is a creative person in any way he creates his
Art Education is not always valued in school settings. Although some may see it as an unnecessary use of school funding, there are many who believe it is beneficial to students in more ways than one. There are many different studies that have been conducted to test the effects that art education has on school-aged children. Some studies have proven that art education can help students to improve in other academic areas. In a journal article from Ohio State University’s “Theory in Practice,” Karen A Hamblen states, “There are linkages between art learning and learning in other subjects areas and that art study can promote creative behaviors, critical thinking skills, and academic achievement.” It has also been found that the arts can teach children better self-regulatory strategies, and even foster more confidence and self-efficacy in school which relates to confidence in academics. Overall, art education in schools has been very beneficial and has proven to ignite creativity, confidence, critical thinking skills, and academic achievement in students.
Creative Arts in early childhood education refers to children’s participation in a variety of activities that engage their minds, bodies and senses (Sinclair, Jeanneret & O’Toole, 2012; Kearns, 2017); to inspire all children with the opportunity for creative and imaginative expression. Duffy (2006) and Sinclair et al. (2012) state that creativity is the process where children use their imagination to problem solve, develop new ideas, independence and flexibility to accomplish tasks. Furthermore, when educators foster creativity, they are assisting children in making meaning through play and developing their growing capacity to communicate, collaborate and think critically to meet the demands of life in the 21st century (Duffy, 2006; Korn-Bursztyn, 2012; Sinclair et al., 2012).
To begin with Sir Ken Robinson states that “creativity is the greatest gift of human intelligence” and therefore the education system should help children to realise their creative potential, unfortunately many are being displaced from their own true talents. Formal instructions and inquiry based learning are essential for creative education. There are some times when it is appropriate for the teacher to give formal instruction in skills a...