The effect of three different educational approaches on children's drawing ability: Steiner, Montessori and traditional

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 485-503

  Cox, Maureen V ^a   Rowlands, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATIVITY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

APTITUDE; ART; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATIVENESS; CURRICULUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; TEACHING;

EID: 0042185140     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709900158263     Document Type: Article

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