Children as Artists: The Preschool as a Community of Creative Practice

Autor/inn/en	Cutcher, Alexandra; Boyd, Wendy
Titel	Children as Artists: The Preschool as a Community of Creative Practice
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 13 (2016) 1, S.5-17 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1550-5170
DOI	10.1080/15505170.2016.1143893
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Artists; Creativity; Communities of Practice; Rural Schools; Art Education; Creative Activities; Childrens Art; Reggio Emilia Approach; Painting (Visual Arts); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Kreativität; Community; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Reggio-Pädagogik; Malerei; Australien
Abstract	Picasso once famously said "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." This visual inquiry is engaged through a community of creative practice in two rural children's centers where the researchers along with 4- and 5-year-old children collaborated to create a large-scale canvas and several smaller artworks developed from the children's shared interests. By investigating the site where uninhibited and intuitive creative practice is expressed--that of early childhood education--the authors explored such questions as "What can we learn from the art making of young children?" and "Why is this important?" In this visual essay, it is recognized that children are indeed artists, rather than merely children who enjoy painting; issues of practice are explored and honored. It is further acknowledged that children are also theorists, experimenting again and again as learning occurs; they are also often our teachers. Collaborating with children as a community of embodied artists honors their creative authority. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01