Admitting Their Worlds: Reflections Of A Teacher/Researcher On The Self-Initiated Art Making Of Children

“I’m trying the least of anything to control this drawing... in fact I want it to run away with me.” says Billy, a fifth grader who reads at 13th grade level. He clears his throat and begins to sketch and his stories flood the page. This qualitative research paper looks at what free sketchbook drawing does for a group of boys ages 8-14 who participate in an after-school drawing club. The writing blends critical pedagogy with the influence of the adult media culture (e.g, war, television, movies, video games, and the internet) and my perceptions as researcher/teacher

Plush

I blame the Salvation Army, but I guess it’s really Mom’s fault. She’s the one who donated my lion costume to them in the first place. She must have thought it was from some Halloween back when we were kids. I had been hiding it in a box in the garage to keep the whole thing under wraps, but Mom threw it in the garbage bag with the rest of the donations: scratched Teflon pans, an old domino set, Mavis’s miniature glass pony collection, a pair of Winchester roller skates, a bunch of musty books (like they’re going to get read) and clothing. Lots of clothing, including my fucking lion costume, a.k.a. my work uniform

SDSU Collegian, May 12, 1960

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