Few would deny the importance of art education in the total
educational development of the child. Drawing is an integral
component of art education. Drawing for children appears to be a
natural form of expression. Studies involving the observation of
children's drawing development have had a long history in relation to
child art. Recognition that children pass through identifiable stages of
development in drawing and that these stages could be affected by
cultural and individual differences is an important focus in art education
research.
This study is concerned firstly with drawing development and
secondly, with differences in drawing development across cultures.
Eight year old children with predominantly European background and
eight year old children with Vietnamese/Kampuchean background were
chosen for this study.
The study was concerned with determining whether there were
any significant differences in drawing development between the two
ethnic groups, using a modified scale of the Rouse "Descriptive Scale for Measurement of Art Products".
The results of this study indicate that there are differences in
drawing abilities between the two ethnic groups.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218798 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Brown, Ian, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Ian Brown |
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