Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Introduction
Re-conceptualising
practice
Perhaps a person who has
had occasion to paint has a
greater practical sense, a
sensibility for what it means,
what a difficult, seductive
thing, even for a child, it is to
deal with being confronted
with a large, white sheet of
paper, making the first
brushstroke, the first sign,
entering relationship with this
empty, unknown space of the
white paper
(Vecchi, 2010, p.110).
Why a self-study?
Why arts-based research?
A modernist beginning
Mission bay kindergarten
1978-9
when we pass on these artistries to our children, they are imbued with not
only the meaning of what we say, but also with a sense of personal
significance that these experiences have as part of the process. In these
subtle, yet powerful ways, artistic messages are transmitted from older
generations to younger ones
Veale, 2000, p.28
Opium, 1999
Arts-based methodologies
Using the visual as a tool for research
Reggio Emilia
A catalyst for a shift in thinking about the
role of the arts in childrens learning
Implications
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