What has sight got to do with it? On the representation of concepts in blind children’s drawings

• Authors: Katarzyna Jaworska-Biskup
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyses sample drawings produced by blind children. The focus will be put on the representation of concepts. Major findings gathered in the discussion section show that sight plays complementary rather than primary role in the process of conceptual development, which supports other research in the field of blindness studies conducted so far.

Keywords

EN

drawing; blind child; conceptual development

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Glottodidactica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 75-85

Dates

published

2012-12-12

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Jaworska-Biskup

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/gl.2012.39.2.6