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Children and Pictures: Drawing and Understanding
Richard P. Jolley
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Description for Children and Pictures: Drawing and Understanding
Paperback. When children draw, what are they trying to convey? What do they see in their own work and what can we learn from it? In Children and Pictures, Richard Jolley critiques the most recent studies conducted in the field, lending insight and perspective to art's role in understanding child development. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
In Children and Pictures, Richard P. Jolley critiques both the historical and contemporary studies conducted in the field of children's making and understanding of pictures. Some highlights of Children and Pictures are:* What develops, and why, in children's representational and expressive drawing, both in typical, atypical, and cross-cultural populations.* The developing relationship between production and comprehension of pictures.* Children's understanding of pictures as symbolic representations.* Practical and applied uses of drawings, particularly in clinical and legal settings.* Diverse educational practices of teaching drawing across the world. Presenting up-to-date research and pointing towards future topics of study, Children and Pictures brings ... Read more
In Children and Pictures, Richard P. Jolley critiques both the historical and contemporary studies conducted in the field of children's making and understanding of pictures. Some highlights of Children and Pictures are:* What develops, and why, in children's representational and expressive drawing, both in typical, atypical, and cross-cultural populations.* The developing relationship between production and comprehension of pictures.* Children's understanding of pictures as symbolic representations.* Practical and applied uses of drawings, particularly in clinical and legal settings.* Diverse educational practices of teaching drawing across the world. Presenting up-to-date research and pointing towards future topics of study, Children and Pictures brings ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Understanding Children's Worlds
Condition
New
Weight
576g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Chicester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405105446
SKU
V9781405105446
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99-1
About Richard P. Jolley
Richard P. Jolley is Senior Lecturer in the Psychology department at Staffordshire University, UK. In the 13 years since completing his PhD in children's making and understanding of expressive pictures he has broadened his research interests in the topic of children and pictures , taking a variety of perspectives including developmental, cognitive, clinical, educational, aesthetic, and cross-cultural. ... Read more
Reviews for Children and Pictures: Drawing and Understanding
This book is academic in the good sense of the word: it contains thorough introductions to relevant theories and balanced overviews of empirical data that support or contradict these theories. (International Journal of Education through Art, 1 May 2011) Children's drawing is a fascinating topic with a wide-ranging appeal, and this well-written and well-informed book will be very ... Read more