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Play Culture vs. Child Culture
What distinguishes child culture from play culture according to Mouritsen?
Child culture is channeled through formal structures and institutions, while play culture is channeled through informal social networks.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
What is the role of play in children's creativity according to Vygotsky?
Play forms the basis of children's creativity, allowing them to create meanings, characters, actions, and emotions in their imaginative worlds.
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Play Culture vs. Child Culture
What does Dzansi (2004) describe about children's games in Ghana?
The participatory, informal nature of singing, clapping, and dancing games.
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Cultural Influences on Children's Artistic Expression
How do young children typically engage with artistic conventions?
They copy sophisticated artistic conventions of cartoon characters and master complicated rhythmic, melodic, and dancing patterns.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
What does Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development suggest?
Children can achieve a higher level of understanding through support from adults or collaboration with more capable peers.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
What role does artistic play serve for children?
It helps gain access to inner resources and enhances participation in enculturation.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
What does school art tend to focus on, according to Thompson?
Form and technique, often excluding meaningful content for children.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
How do children learn in local art contexts?
Children often learn through imitation and copying from one another and popular media imagery.
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Formal vs. Informal Learning Environments
What recent developments have been made in educational programs regarding arts learning?
Innovative school-based projects promoting real-life, ubiquitous arts learning.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
How do relationships and friendships influence children's artistic activities?
They influence how children engage in negotiation over leadership, control, and decision-making.
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Music and Social Identity in Childhood
How does music influence friendships among young people?
It determines inclusion and exclusion within social groups.
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Cultural Influences on Children's Artistic Expression
How does social class affect children's musical preferences?
Middle-class children are more likely to engage with orchestral instruments and classical music than working-class children.
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Music and Social Identity in Childhood
How is music linked to individual and collective identities?
Music reflects how people see themselves and serves as a catalyst for action.
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Play Culture vs. Child Culture
How does the role of play in children's lives vary?
It varies from one culture to another.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
What distinctions does Bresler (1998) make regarding types of art?
Child art, fine art, and art for children.
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Interplay Between Play and Artistic Activities
What does Lindqvist's study reveal about dance and play in children?
Dance linked to children's play helps them create 'dramatic meaning' in their dance.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
What is the significance of artistic play in children's development?
Rich experiences of artistic play become a vital source of creating new meanings.
p.5
Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
How has music been perceived since Antiquity?
As a powerful force capable of shaping children's moral character and social behavior.
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Formal vs. Informal Learning Environments
How does computer technology connect school culture and play culture?
By enabling hands-on music composition activities.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
What is a significant challenge in connecting school art with local art experiences?
A lack of awareness of the limited application of school art contents and methods to local experiences of art.
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Music and Social Identity in Childhood
What shift is evident in ethnomusicology and anthropology regarding children's musical expressions?
Children's musical expressions have been increasingly included in research.
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Cultural Influences on Children's Artistic Expression
What gender differences exist in children's musical interests?
Girls are more enthusiastic about choir and classical music, while boys show more interest in technology and popular music.
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Interplay Between Play and Artistic Activities
What did Willis's ethnographic work reveal about the relationship between music and behavior?
There is a clear relationship between musical preferences and modes of being among groups like bikeboys.
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Play Culture vs. Child Culture
What is the relationship between play culture and child culture?
Both are socially constructed concepts that have evolved over time.
p.1
Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
What is the role of children's participation in play culture?
It is fundamentally dependent on children's participation and activity, focusing on their acquisition of skills in expressive forms and techniques.
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Cultural Influences on Children's Artistic Expression
How do children create art outside of school?
Using scrap papers, their own bodies, and walls.
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Play Culture vs. Child Culture
How do children perceive their play according to Mouritsen?
Children see their play through 'the lens of play,' shaped by their natural views of the action.
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Formal vs. Informal Learning Environments
What are some binary forms that express differences between formal and informal learning environments?
Teacher-oriented/self-directed, goal-oriented/flow, individual learning/peer learning, and intentional learning/incidental learning.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
What distinguishes school art from local art in children's art-making?
School art is ritualistic and rule-governed, while local art is informal and varies widely in themes.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
How is play viewed in relation to children's learning environments?
As a valuable activity contributing to a holistic learning environment.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
How do adults today view children's art?
As a genre of art with its own history and culture.
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Impact of Adult Perspectives on Children's Play
How do adults typically view children's play activities?
Through a pedagogical lens, assessing their educative value and imposing interpretations on them.
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Music and Social Identity in Childhood
What did Campbell (2007) note about singing games in nineteenth-century England?
They reflect children's poetic sensibilities and social networks.
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Child Culture and Educational Projects
What are the three manifestations of child culture according to Mouritsen?
Culture for children, culture with children, and culture of children.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
How do music and dance function in African societies according to Mans (2002)?
They provide a context for socializing education and imparting social values.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
What does anthropological work suggest about children's play?
It is preparation for adult play and a medium for socialization.
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Impact of Adult Perspectives on Children's Play
How did the concept of child culture shift after the Second World War?
It shifted from adult perspectives to those of the child, favoring reform pedagogy and the arts.
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Cultural Influences on Children's Artistic Expression
What do children's depictions in comic books often include?
Heroes, monsters, dolls, animals, and stories.
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Music and Social Identity in Childhood
What did John Blacking (1967) conclude about Venda children's songs?
They are not simplified adult songs but result from dynamic interaction between children's creativity and adult influences.
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Impact of Adult Perspectives on Children's Play
How does children's play culture often act in relation to adult culture?
Children's play culture can be a form of resistance against adults' culture and pedagogical initiatives.
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Cultural Influences on Children's Artistic Expression
What does artistic play allow children to do?
Relate their inner selves to the outer world and create culture together.
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Child Culture and Educational Projects
What was the original intention of child culture as part of the educational project?
To supplement school education by focusing on informal contexts like leisure and family, promoting psychological and moral development.
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Cultural Influences on Children's Artistic Expression
What differences did Merrill-Mirsky (1988) observe in children's musical play?
Differences in musical patterns, physical movements, and gender roles.
p.2
Socialization and Education in Childhood
What are the five subcategories of education proposed by Jorgensen?
Schooling, training, education, socialization, and enculturation.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
What is the 'flow' experience in play?
A moment where challenges and skills are balanced, action and awareness merge, and distractions are excluded.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
What has much of the investigation on children's play and artistic engagement focused on?
Identifying activities that are most worthwhile and meaningful from an educational perspective.
p.7
Socialization and Education in Childhood
How has the perception of children in Western history changed?
Children are now seen as social actors forming their own cultures through the arts.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
What does the affordance theory emphasize in relation to the arts?
The mediating role of the arts in social action and experience.
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Formal vs. Informal Learning Environments
What is the difference between formal and informal music learning?
Formal learning focuses on 'how to play music,' while informal learning is directed towards playing music itself.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
How does play contribute to children's socialization?
Play involves the transfer of traditions of child culture from older to younger children, helping them become members of society.
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Impact of Adult Perspectives on Children's Play
According to Hanna (1982), what is the significance of dance/play?
It dramatizes concepts and patterns of social life.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
What gap do many educators recognize between school art and local art?
The need to overcome institutional barriers.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
What is the relationship between play, artistic activities, and creativity?
They are closely intertwined and contribute to children's socialization.
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Impact of Adult Perspectives on Children's Play
What impact does social support have on children's creativity according to Burland and Davidson?
It positively affects individual confidence and creativity.
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Formal vs. Informal Learning Environments
What gap did music researchers illustrate regarding children's experiences?
The gap between school-music activities and music activities during leisure time.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
How does Vygotsky define competence in children?
Competence is defined by what children can do with support, rather than what they can do independently.
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Interplay Between Play and Artistic Activities
What does Vygotsky argue about the relationship between play and artistic creation?
Children's play is a preliminary step to artistic creation.
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Interplay Between Play and Artistic Activities
What do children's musical interactions in the playground include?
Singing, dancing, speech, movement, characterization, and rhythmic elements.
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Socialization and Education in Childhood
What is the significance of a sense of sameness for children?
It provides a feeling of belonging and smooths over personal diversity that could disrupt social relations.
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Differences Between School Art and Local Art
What characteristics define local art produced by children?
Personal, autobiographical, fanciful, and sometimes socially irreverent.
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Music and Social Identity in Childhood
What role does music play in children's lives according to the text?
It is important for socialization, aesthetic expression, and cultural learning.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
Why is improvisation considered essential for children?
It allows them to practice conversations and social interactions.
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Role of Play in Creativity and Social Development
How do children learn through musical play, drawing, and dancing?
They master artistic and social skills that affirm group solidarity.
