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Young, able (talented) pupils and visual-spatial intelligence
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posted on 2007-06-07, 09:09 authored by Jim NewcombAt Key Stage 1, the programme of study for Design and
Technology in the National Curriculum in Wales, in
relation to ‘Designing Skills’, simply states that:
‘Pupils should be taught to record their ideas,
e.g. using words, pictures, sketches and ICT’
(ACCAC 2000 p.8)
This paper provides details of a pilot research study,
focused on the extent to which young children (infants),
as guided learners, can develop competent sketches, as
a means of generating, communicating and recording
ideas. Here, the emphasis is on young children’s
management of more formalised drawing formats
(orthographic projections) and how these might support
the development of pupils’ visual-spatial awareness; not
least, the ability to visualise objects, or parts of an object,
from different perspectives, in a realistic way.
History
School
- Design
Research Unit
- D&T Association Conference Series
Publisher
© DATAPublication date
2006Notes
This is a conference paper.Language
- en