1983Studies in Art EducationRequires access

Creative and Mental Growth

Robert J. Saunders, V. Lowenfeld, W. Lambert Brittain

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1. The Importance of Art for Education. 2. Understanding Growth and Development. 3. The Development of Creativity. 4. The Development of Aesthetic Awareness. 5. Art in the Elementary School. 6. The Beginnings of Self-Expression: The Scribbling Stage, Two-Four Years. 7. First Representational Attempts: The Preschematic Stage, Four-Seven Years. 8. The Achievement of a Form Concept: The Schematic Stage, Seven-Nine Years. 9. The Dawning Realism: The Gang Age, Nine-Twelve Years. 10. Art in the Secondary School. 11. The Age of Reasoning: The Pseudo-Naturalistic Stage, Twelve- Fourteen Years. 12. The Period of Decision: Adolescent Art in the High School, Fourteen-Seventeen Years. Summary. Bibliography. Index.

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1. The Importance of Art for Education. 2. Understanding Growth and Development. 3. The Development of Creativity. 4. The Development of Aesthetic Awareness. 5. Art in the Elementary School. 6. The Beginnings of Self-Expression: The Scribbling Stage, Two-Four Years. 7. First Representational Attempts: The Preschematic Stage, Four-Seven Years. 8. The Achievement of a Form Concept: The Schematic Stage, Seven-Nine Years. 9. The Dawning Realism: The Gang Age, Nine-Twelve Years. 10. Art in the Secondary School. 11. The Age of Reasoning: The Pseudo-Naturalistic Stage, Twelve- Fourteen Years. 12. The Period of Decision: Adolescent Art in the High School, Fourteen-Seventeen Years. Summary. Bibliography. Index.

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1. The Importance of Art for Education. 2. Understanding Growth and Development. 3. The Development of Creativity. 4. The Development of Aesthetic Awareness. 5. Art in the Elementary School. 6. The Beginnings of Self-Expression: The Scribbling Stage, Two-Four Years. 7. First Representational Attempts: The Preschematic Stage, Four-Seven Years. 8. The Achievement of a Form Concept: The Schematic Stage, Seven-Nine Years. 9. The Dawning Realism: The Gang Age, Nine-Twelve Years. 10. Art in the Secondary School. 11. The Age of Reasoning: The Pseudo-Naturalistic Stage, Twelve- Fourteen Years. 12. The Period of Decision: Adolescent Art in the High School, Fourteen-Seventeen Years. Summary. Bibliography. Index.

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