Dear Chuck
To restate what i have written we are looking at drawing as pre
literacy activity. historically also one can see pictographs preceded
other forms of writing. What we are utilizing is the fact that
children draw, doodle, scribble naturally and we are providing space
to let them do it.
Drawing becomes an easier tool for describing what they see as
learning to write will take hell of a lot of time.
By clubbing it with art we have not explored its possibility for
articulation. There are no value judgement also about good drawing bad
drawing etc so almost all children draw. It is like writing. some
write well, with good hand writing while other do not. similarly
drawing is seen as writing itself.
We will put up some videos, images soon.
We do ask children some times what they are drawing but only when we
feel there is an opening. Other wise we encourage the adults to
observe and be very sensitive.
for instance one day a child was looking at the mountain and drawing.
then all of a sudden she stopped drawing and just watched the
mountain. The teacher simply observed this event.
We have no compulsion that the child should draw.
Another day few children went to near by temple and some of them did
the drawing of Nandi, the bull. One child spent almost an hour looking
at Nandi from all sides. that is all.
We are trying to create an enviornmrnt/ condition that respects the
autonomy of the child. The child's right to Be.
jinan
On 07/06/2014, Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jinan, Greitje, Keith, Gunnar and all
>
> Jinan is seeing the power of drawing to help children observe, describe, and
> project, but I suspect the evidence he is collecting (?) will not inform the
> rest of us until it is parsed into the thoughts that accompany the drawings
> with some description of the children’s intent, age, and experience.
> Children say what they are drawing, but at certain ages their drawings show
> how they envision a tree, castle, or dinosaur, not what it looks like. It is
> quite different when they try to draw what they actually see. If this is
> what your students are doing, can you explain how they construct the image
> and what their thoughts are as they do it? A professional has a full range
> of knowledge and representational skills. What do they use in different
> situations? Why? How different are they from novices?
> There are many testimonials to the value of sketching. I think we need less
> subjective information than we have. Still I look forward to reading the
> posted references, and thank all for posting them. I very much encourage
> Jinan to explore the mental world of his students as they draw - using any
> techniques available and appropriate to his educational goals.
>
> Now to read,
> Chuck
>
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