ERIC Number: EJ975239
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1463-9491
Becoming-Nomadic through Experimental Art Making with Children
Clark, Vanessa
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, v13 n2 p132-140 2012
The author draws on her own experiences through art, along with her experiences with children, to inform her understanding of art making as nomadic thinking, a means to disrupt the power structures and boundaries that developmental psychology imposes on early childhood practice. The author altered the classrooms of two early childhood centres with an art provocation; through images and text she attempts to draw attention to the encounters between and among herself, materials, children, and environment. This article explores nomadic thought as emerging through these entanglements, interruptions, and connections with the potential to open up developmental psychology and allow for a reimagining of art practice in early childhood. (Contains 1 note and 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Studio Art, Young Children, Developmental Psychology, Art Activities, Power Structure, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Creativity, Child Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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