Debunking teacher’s resistant to teaching children to draw —a companion to citizenship for the future

Authors :: Liv Merete Nielsen
Source :: Techne Series: Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2014)
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Nordiskt Forum för Forskning och Utvecklingsarbete inom Utbildning i Slöjd (NordFo), 2014.
Abstract: The hegemonic position of verbal text in formal education is in this article questioned. The increasing need for competence related to complex visual communication is seen in relation to the education of youngster to develop citizenship for future challenges. Traditions and attitudes in education ofchildren and youngsters (aged 6-12) is discussed in perspective of a teacher attitude I have chosen to call “Resistance to Teaching Drawing” (RTTD). This RTTD-attitude is seen as a hindrance for the development of design literacy for the future. By articulating the ideas of which this RTTD-attitude is grounded, the position of the attitude might be reduced in practical education of children and youngsters.Keywords: drawing, design literacy, Resistance to Teaching Drawing (RTTD), RTTD-attitude.

Language :: Danish, English, Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian, Swedish
ISSN :: 18931774
Volume :: 21
Issue :: 2
Database :: Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :: Techne Series: Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science A
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: edsdoj.2bd98b34324440b8ac22972211baf2ff
Document Type :: article

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