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Dear Jinan I don't know if you are familiar with the work of the philosopher Peacock Sent from my iPad On Jun 7, 2014, at 4:43 PM, "Jinan K B <[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design >> Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > -- > Jinan, > 'DIGITAL MEDIUM IS A TOOL.DIGITALLY MEDIATED KNOWLEDGE DESTROYS THE BEING' > > http://sadhanavillageschool.org/ > https://www.youtube.com/user/sadhanavillagepune > https://www.youtube.com/user/jinansvideos > www.re-cognition.org > www.kumbham.org > reimaginingschools.wordpress.com > http://designeducationasia.blogspot.com/ > http://awakeningaestheticawareness.wordpress.com/ > http://awakeningaestheticawareness.blogspot.in/ > 09447121544 > 0487 2386723 > > > ---------------------------------------------- ------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <PHD-DESIGN@ji> Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------