ERIC Number: EJ997014
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Publication Date: 2013-Feb
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Investigating Cognitive Processes within a Practical Art Context: A Phenomenological Case Study Focusing on Three Adolescents
Hickman, Richard; Kiss, Lauren
International Journal of Art & Design Education, v32 n1 p97-108 Feb 2013
A phenomenological approach was employed in order to record and present the lived experiences of three students during a five-hour art-making activity. Theoretical definitions of cognitive processes pertinent to art and design were compared with the descriptions gathered from the students. The research was intended to portray as accurately as possible individuals' experiences in order to ascertain whether there is a possibility for soundly ascribing cognitive functions to art-making processes. The descriptions of students' thought processes reveal the ways with which the selected students approach learning and also offer insights into the possible links between cognition and artmaking. The findings of the study suggest that intuitive and perceptive processes are utilised by the chosen participants in a variety of ways. The consideration of the ordering of visual elements is a process that all participants describe within their art making. The students' visual judgements appear to be a direct response to the art-work being made. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Student Experience, Art Activities, Change, Experiments, Planning, Perception, Intuition, Phenomenology, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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