Projektdetails
Höck, Renate; Mag.a
Pichlbauer, Maria; Mag.a
Sihorsch, Gerhard; Mag.
Schaupp, Hubert; HS-Prof. IL Dr.
In order to guarantee a valuable and widespread program, a “Call for Ideas” is sent out to artists, students, and pedagogues. An expert jury is formed, in which all the project partners are represented. This jury chooses the best project proposals, instructs the workshop leaders, and compiles a program. This guarantees a varied range of workshops and art forms that are developed for different age groups under the consideration of the current didactical standards. The differentiation as well as the collaboration of artists, pedagogues, and academics insures a program that is catered to the children’s and young adults’ needs. The impact of these art workshops is constantly checked and their quality assessed. The KinderKunstHochschule should contribute to a sustainable development of children and young adults and enable their creative participation in an innovative and equitable society.
The research project „Auf die Zeichnung, fertig los: Sketching macht Schule“ focuses on the importance of drawing and the visual language of pupils on the path of aesthetic literacy and personality development. Changing childlike visual languages, added value of drawing in the context of emotional development, general learning ability and motivation are examined.
The implementation of „artistic sketchbooks“ by the team of researchers enables pupils to practice their individual, unique visual language and leaves behind a portfolio of artistic development. In aesthetic learning, according to another basic thesis, the basis for the other learning processes is laid.
Through interviews with pupils and teachers and an in-depth document analysis of the sketchbooks, the team of researchers receives qualitative and quantitative data that are to be compared with existing scientific findings and discussed with national and international experts. The knowledge process leads to an editorial volume that makes the meaning and value of drawing for children, parents and teachers alike, accessible and usable in a new way.