The effect of three different educational approaches on children's drawing ability: Steiner, Montessori and traditional.
@article{Cox2000TheEO,
title={The effect of three different educational approaches on children's drawing ability: Steiner, Montessori and traditional.},
author={M. Cox and A. Rowlands},
journal={The British journal of educational psychology},
year={2000},
volume={70 Pt 4},
pages={
485-503
}
}BACKGROUND
Although there is a national curriculum for art education in the UK there are also alternative approaches in the private sector. This paper addresses the issue of the effect of these approaches on children's drawing ability.
AIM
To compare the drawing ability in three drawing tasks of children in Steiner, Montessori and traditional schools.
SAMPLE
The participants were 60 school children between the ages of 5;11 and 7;2. Twenty children were tested in each type of school… Expand
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