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Dear Chuck, Jinan and all I apologise for replying only now. You are quite right that my student will only be able to share, which are very willing to do, only once the parching process is completed,n which can take a few months from now. If it's not too late, we will gladly post the results. Jinan, I don't know what your needs and time frames are? As far as the issue of sketching as pre literacy activity is concerned, a cognitive psychologist, John Peacock is known for his work on the 'languages of thought' which I can imagine could provide some meta theoretical underpinnings for looking at the developmental cognition of children. I also found the book written by the visual psychologist Massironi, M. 2002, 'The psychology of graphic images: seeing, drawing, communicating' extremely informative. It focuses on the historical development of the graphic mark as form of communication. Regards Grietjie Haupt University or Pretoria South Africa Sent from my iPad On Jun 7, 2014, at 2:55 AM, "Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]>" <[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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------