A Study Regarding the Representation of the Sun in Young Children’s Spontaneous Drawings
dc.contributor.author | Villarroel Villamor, José Domingo | |
dc.contributor.author | Villanueva, Xabier | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-07T18:36:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-07T18:36:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-08-22 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Social Sciences 6(3) : (2017) // Article ID 95 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2076-0760 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/30656 | |
dc.description.abstract | Drawing has historically been the preeminent way of portraying the observations of the sun. The study of the early stages of the development of astronomical thought and the examination of human graphic expression indicate this. With that in mind, it is interesting to note that young children very frequently draw the sun in their spontaneous depictions and, also, that there are preliminary indications that this fact might be related to their conceptual development. This study examines 279 pictures that children aged 4 to 8 spontaneously depicted, paying particular attention to their solar representations and the relationship that they have with other pictorial elements. The data is also related to children’s understanding of the inanimate nature of the sun. The results lend weight to the assumption that children do not draw the sun without intent and allow for adding fresh data to the growing body of research showing the importance of considering young children’s graphical expression when it comes to gaining insight into their understanding regarding natural phenomena. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | early education | es_ES |
dc.subject | astronomical thinking | es_ES |
dc.subject | natural phenomena | es_ES |
dc.subject | children’s drawings | es_ES |
dc.subject | science education | es_ES |
dc.title | A Study Regarding the Representation of the Sun in Young Children’s Spontaneous Drawings | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | Atribución 3.0 España | * |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/6/3/95 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/socsci6030095 | |
dc.departamentoes | Didáctica de la Matemática y de las Ciencias Experimentales | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Matematikaren eta zientzia esperimentalen didaktika | es_ES |
Files in this item
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).