Clinical Approach to the Development of Drawing Skills of Young Children Based on Mitate Imagery Mediation Guided by Works of Art

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K02557
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Notre Dame Seishin University
• Principal Investigator: ODA Kumiko ノートルダム清心女子大学, 人間生活学部, 教授 (10461229)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 子どもの描画発達 / イメージ媒介 / 見立て

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on foundational research till date, the present study develops specific activities as educational practices in anticipation of post-school education and promotes practical research for clinical applications.
Japan has a culture of expression in which people use a rich imagination in the process of mitate, or “likening” animals and plants to subjects.Mitate (“likening”) has developed in Japan. By outlining and organizing the relationship between mitate and children’s drawing skill development from the perspectives of creativity, representation of animals, and reproducing activities, it was verified that imagery mediation by means of mitate is a clue to children’s progression in drawing.

Free Research Field

幼年造形教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

見立てによりイメージを豊かにする造形遊びは、美術教育をより自然で身近な活動と捉えることができ、幼児教育と表現教育、芸術教育を統合した教育実践を展開していることが本研究の意義である。