Application of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory to Art Education In a Multicultural Setting

Authors

Kaled Ostraff, Brigham Young University
Dan Barney, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Piaget's cognitive development theory, art education, multicultural setting

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

Abstract

My project’s aim was to apply Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory to art education. His theory describes the process children use to create views or schemas of the external world. He was “intrigued with the reasons children gave for their wrong answers” (McLeod, 2012). I was interested in analyzing drawings of children from two different cultural sites. To investigate what impact culture and the experiences of children have on the development of those children’s schemas as expressed through their drawings. I went to two sites: Summit Academy in Utah and Sylvia Park School in New Zealand.

Recommended Citation

Ostraff, Kaled and Barney, Dan (2015) "Application of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory to Art Education In a Multicultural Setting," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015: Iss. 1, Article 67.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/67