Author:
Hope, Gill.
Imprint:Los Angeles : SAGE, c2008.
Descriptionvi, 182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:Introduction: Drawing To Think -- Defining drawing -- Drawing on the imagination -- Container/journey metaphor -- Dimensions of drawing -- Drawing across the curriculum -- Dimension 1: Drawing To Play -- Early mark-making -- Playfulness and creativity -- Making for play -- Developing the necessary hand skills -- Exploring materials and techniques -- Playing with ideas -- Dimension 2: Drawing To Mean -- Creating meaning -- Metaphor and analogy -- Semiotics and symbolism -- Drawing and writing -- Drawing and telling stories -- Drawing solutions -- Dimension 3: Drawing To Feel -- Sensuality of mark-making -- Creativity as affective flow -- Patterning -- Revealing inner states -- Developing empathy -- Expressing humor -- Art, music and poetry -- Dimension 4: Drawing To See -- Development of child art -- Canonical drawing -- How to draw books -- Caricatures, cartoons and animations -- Observational drawing -- Genres within observational drawing -- Dimension 5: Drawing To Know -- Geometry -- Graphs -- Concept mapping -- Topography -- Cartography -- Dimension 6: Drawing To Design -- Influence of the national curriculum for design and technology -- Modeling design ideas -- Purpose of drawing for designing -- Factors affecting children's use of drawing for designing -- Sketchbooks and process diaries -- Finale: Drawing to conclusions -- Resume: drawing as a tool for thought -- Drawing the final product -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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