An Examination of Children's Criteria used in Evaluating and Producing Drawings

Abstract

This is a research note about the project that I am working on as part of my PhD studies. The project, which has the form of multiple case studies, will be looking at the criteria six elementary school children use when involved in activities of drawing production and evaluation. More specifically, the study will examine the extent to which the children are interested in aesthetic qualities when drawing and when judging drawings produced by themselves or other children. A combination of methods will be applied for the collection of the data, including a series of interviews, observations and analysis of children’s drawings.