- 著者
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奥 美佐子
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本保育学会
- 雑誌
- 保育学研究 (ISSN:13409808)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.42, no.2, pp.163-174, 2004-12-25 (Released:2017-08-04)
Imitation appearing in children's painting processes can be regarded as a positive activity in which they absorb information and use it to create their own expression, or it can be considered a negative activity, often called merely copying without understanding. The purpose of this article is to examine imitation in young children's painting process in terms of absorbing information and reflecting it in expression, and discuss the effects of imitation. The result of this case study reveals that visual stimulation is the most important element in imitation and that a spatial element and a human element are also related to imitation. Imitation can be classified into three types, each of which reflects in various ways the information young children absorb and use in their creative expression.