Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v23i4.4436
Strategies for Depicting Space in Drawings by Children Aged 4 to 6 Years
Tomaž Zupančić
; Faculty of Education University of Maribor Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Matjaž Duh
; Faculty of Education University of Maribor Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Abstract
In the study, we monitored ways of interpreting space in drawings by children at the
age of 4 to 6 years. We sought to determine the strategies of space interpretation in
the target group. The research aimed to deepen our understanding of development
in the depiction of space and thereby influence the development of the artistic
didactics for those of preschool age. The overall research sample included eight
hundred and seven children. The survey found that children between the ages of 4
and 6 mostly depict space in the top-bottom relation, that the rendering of space
at the level of 3D is almost non-existent, with non-observance of space still quite
present, but that the earlier modes decline, while more complex ones are developing.
We also found that gender differences in spatial distribution do not occur within
this age group. We also sought to enable the field of art pedagogy to develop new
didactic principles and approaches based on the results.
Keywords
artistic development; drawing; pedagogy; preschool child
Hrčak ID:
272634
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Publication date:
30.12.2021.
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