Un estudio en torno a comprensión infantil del mundo vegetal a través de sus dibujos

  1. Villarroel, José Domingo
  2. Nuño, Teresa
  3. Antón, Alvaro
  4. Zuazagoitia, Daniel
Revista:
Ensayos: Revista de la Facultad de Educación de Albacete

ISSN: 2171-9098,  0214-4824

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 31

Número: 2

Páginas: 153-168

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.18239/ENSAYOS.V31I2.1225 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Ensayos: Revista de la Facultad de Educación de Albacete

Resumen

Resumen: Se presenta un estudio relativo a la comprensión del fenómeno de la vida vegetal en la infancia a partir del examen de una muestra de 251 dibujos de alumnado de último ciclo de Educación Infantil y primer curso de Educación Primaria. En particular, se analizan los elementos pictóricos que niños y niñas representan en sus dibujos cuando se les plantea la tarea de expresar gráficamente su conocimiento sobre las plantas y, además, se estudia también, qué colores y qué superficie colorean en sus dibujos. Los datos se desglosan en base a las variables nivel educativo y sexo del alumnado y se analiza la variación del contenido pictórico y del tipo y superficie pintada con relación a las variables aludidas. Las conclusiones indican que los dibujos presentan variaciones relevantes en cuanto al contenido y color, especialmente entre los dibujos de alumnado de diferente nivel educativo. Los datos presentados son discutidos a la luz de la investigación previa en torno al estudio de la comprensión infantil de los fenómenos naturales en base a sus representaciones gráficas

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