scholarly journals Observing and drawing the Sun: research-based insights to assess science communication practices aimed at children

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. A03
Author(s):  
Sara Anjos ◽  
Alexandre Aibeo ◽  
Anabela Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Graphical Representations ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Children's Drawings ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Children’S Drawings ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Over Time

Knowing how specific publics understand and experience science is crucial for both researchers and practitioners. As learning and meaning-making develop over time, depending on a combination of factors, creative possibilities to analyze those processes are needed to improve evaluation of science communication practices. We examine how first grade children's drawings expressed their perceptions of the Sun and explore their views of a major astronomical body within their social, cultural and personal worlds. We then examine how the observation of the Sun through a telescope led to changes in graphical representations, and how learning and meaning evolved after several months.

CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN CHILDREN'S EASTER DRAWINGS AS A FUNCTION OF A NATURALLY-MOTIVATED EXPECTANCY

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Roodin ◽  
Glen M. Vaught ◽  
William E. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
First Grade ◽  
Correlational Analysis ◽  
Ordinal Position ◽  
Children's Drawings ◽  
Correlation Matrices ◽  
Children’S Drawings

Twenty-eight kindergarten (15 boys and 13 girls) and 20 first-grade children (12 boys and 8 girls) drew four pictures of either the Easter bunny or the Easter basket prior to Easter and two pictures of the same symbol after Easter. Height and width measures were obtained for each drawing and correlation matrices were constructed individually for age, sex, ordinal position, and symbol — bunny v. basket. Patterns of change in the drawings as a function of these variables were examined and the correlations in drawing measures were assessed. The results supported the naturally-motivated expectancy hypothesis and suggested some neglected sources of variability in children's drawings of Easter symbols.

scholarly journals Drawing and Memory: What is the Content of Children’s Drawings and How Does it Differ From Their Verbal Reports?

2021 ◽  
pp. 027623742110479
Author(s):  
Christiana Iordanou ◽  
Melissa L. Allen ◽  
Lara Warmelink
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Children's Drawings ◽  
Verbal Reports ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
Children’S Drawings ◽  
Over Time

This study investigated whether the content of children’s drawings of an event changes over three successive interviews about that event. It also assessed whether children recall more details verbally than they draw. Twenty-seven 3- to 6-year old children witnessed a live event which ended with one actor stealing a cuddly toy. They were interviewed about it 1 day, 2 weeks, and 6 months later. At each interview, children were asked to make a drawing of the event while narrating what happened. We analyzed the content of the drawings for seven features relevant to the event as well as inaccurate information. Children’s inclusion of “the perpetrator” and “the victim” decreased over time but the other features remained stable. Children verbally reported significantly more details than they drew. Our findings suggest that children provide less information in drawings than in verbal reports, but this information may be more reliable and stable compared to verbal reports over multiple interviews.

Depicting emotions for a male or for a female audience: Do children adapt the content of their drawings to the audience gender?

2021 ◽  
pp. 016502542110316
Author(s):  
Claire Brechet ◽  
Sara Creissen ◽  
Lucie D’Audigier ◽  
Nathalie Vendeville
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Children's Drawings ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Facial Cues ◽  
Audience Control ◽  
Children’S Drawings ◽  
Explicit Mention ◽  
Female Audience ◽  
Therapeutic Settings

When depicting emotions, children have been shown to alter the content of their drawings (e.g., number and types of expressive cues) depending on the characteristics of the audience (i.e., age, familiarity, and authority). However, no study has yet investigated the influence of the audience gender on children’s depiction of emotions in their drawings. This study examined whether drawing for a male versus for a female audience have an impact on the number and type of emotional information children use to depict sadness, anger, and fear. Children aged 7 ( N = 92) and 9 ( N = 126) were asked to draw a figure and then to produce three drawings of a person, to depict three emotions (sadness, anger, fear). Children were randomly assigned to one of the three conditions: they were instructed either to draw with no explicit mention of an audience (control condition) or to draw so that the depicted emotion would be recognized by a male (male audience condition) or by a female (female audience condition). A content analysis was conducted on children’s drawings, revealing the use of seven types of graphic cues for each emotion. We found numerous differences between the three conditions relative to the type of cues used by children to depict emotions, particularly for anger and fear and particularly at the age of 7. Overall, children used facial cues more frequently for a female audience and contextual cues more frequently for a male audience. These results are discussed in terms of their implications in clinical, educational, and therapeutic settings.

scholarly journals White men and electric guns: Analysing the Amazonian dystopia through Shipibo-Konibo children’s drawings

2021 ◽  
pp. 204361062199583
Author(s):  
Thaís de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
White Men ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Children's Drawings ◽  
Children’S Drawings ◽  
Racial Dynamics ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Andean Countries ◽  
The Village ◽  
Dual Capacity

In Andean countries, the pishtaco is understood as a White-looking man that steals Indigenous people’s organs for money. In contemporary Amazonia, the Shipibo-Konibo people describe the pishtaco as a high-tech murderer, equipped with a sophisticated laser gun that injects electricity inside a victim’s body. This paper looks at this dystopia through Shipibo-Konibo children’s drawings, presenting composite sketches of the pishtaco and maps of the village before and after an attack. Children portrayed White men with syringes and electric guns as weaponry, while discussing whether organ traffickers could also be mestizos nowadays. Meanwhile, the comparison of children’s maps before and after the attack reveals that lit lampposts are paradoxically perceived as a protection at night. The paper examines changing features of pishtacos and the dual capacity of electricity present in children’s drawings. It argues that children know about shifting racial dynamics in the village’s history and recognise development’s oxymoron: the same electricity that can be a weapon is also used as a shield.

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