Josephine Deguara - Böcker

This ground-breaking text highlights the value of drawing as a meaningful way for children to communicate, demonstrating how it is inextricably linked with children’s everyday experiences, thinking processes, imagination, emotions, and learning.By exploring what intrigues and concerns children, Children Making Meaning: Exploring Drawings, Narratives, and Identities demonstrates how drawing is so much more than an insignificant pastime. Illustrated throughout, this book includes examples of children’s drawings to explore and explain the processes, relationships, and modes they use, as well as the themes and meanings that emerge from them. Practical case study material illuminates the complexity of children’s thinking, intentions, and knowledge as they find creative and individual ways to convey their thoughts, fears, excitements, contentments, and fascinations. This book also explores the relationship between drawing and talk and how children’s ongoing drawing-narratives help them to develop and change their meanings as they draw.Accessibly combining relevant theories with numerous original examples, this essential resource is a must-read for educators and other professionals who use children’s drawings in their work. It will also be useful for parents who wish to support their children’s drawing activities and extend such opportunities at home.

This ground-breaking text highlights the value of drawing as a meaningful way for children to communicate, demonstrating how it is inextricably linked with children’s everyday experiences, thinking processes, imagination, emotions, and learning.By exploring what intrigues and concerns children, Children Making Meaning: Exploring Drawings, Narratives, and Identities demonstrates how drawing is so much more than an insignificant pastime. Illustrated throughout, this book includes examples of children’s drawings to explore and explain the processes, relationships, and modes they use, as well as the themes and meanings that emerge from them. Practical case study material illuminates the complexity of children’s thinking, intentions, and knowledge as they find creative and individual ways to convey their thoughts, fears, excitements, contentments, and fascinations. This book also explores the relationship between drawing and talk and how children’s ongoing drawing-narratives help them to develop and change their meanings as they draw.Accessibly combining relevant theories with numerous original examples, this essential resource is a must-read for educators and other professionals who use children’s drawings in their work. It will also be useful for parents who wish to support their children’s drawing activities and extend such opportunities at home.

In response to the evolving Higher Education (HE) landscape, Innovations in Pedagogical Practice and Curriculum Development in Higher Education provides global perspectives on the innovative practices that HE practitioners across diverse contexts are adopting in pedagogy and curriculum development. The chapters are drawn from HE practitioners from diverse cultural and geographical contexts including Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America and Australasia, offering fresh insights into current realities and innovative practices in HE.The readings in this volume bridge the theory-practice divide, bringing together scholarly contributions that offer a plethora of resources to promote professional development and knowledge enhancement in a multidisciplinary context. Both new and experienced HE practitioners will find valuable insights on topics such as student-centred learning, collaborative learning, research-based learning, sustainable education, language and intercultural competence, active learning, and the use of technology to enhance the student learning experience.Innovations in Pedagogical Practice and Curriculum Development in Higher Education highlights the ongoing transformation of HE to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. It is designed to cater for the needs of educators, administrators, researchers, and anyone interested in the future of HE, ensuring their continued relevance for practice in the sector.