ERIC Number: EJ1236293
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 17
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Tactile Picture Books in Art Education in Croatia
Vivoda, Ana
International Journal of Education & the Arts, v20 n22 Nov 2019
This article investigates a teacher education project that involved designing and producing a series of tactile picture books as part of the arts curriculum at the Department of Teacher Education Studies in Gospic, University of Zadar. Founded upon the ideals of inclusion and efforts to offer a holistic education for all children, the project aimed to heighten awareness amongst basic education university students to the particular requirements and needs of pupils with visual impairments and also to emphasize the important role of art as an intermedia experience of creation in the educational process. The project focused on participatory art making, involving a dynamic collaboration with special education teachers and librarians from the First Library for Children with Visual Impairments at Pecine Elementary School in Rijeka. Expanding perspectives and rethinking art practice students devised substantial collection picture books, addressing important social and educational issues through creative production. Realizing their tactile picture book projects as independent endeavors or initiating various kinds of collaborations, they were discovering art education as multilayered creative learning processes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tactual Perception, Stimuli, Picture Books, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Student Projects, Student Needs, Visual Impairments, Art Activities, Special Education Teachers, Librarians, Elementary Schools, Creativity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Croatia
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