"This is the latest of our collaborative drawings. As usual we had a brief chat about 'fairness' prior to beginning the drawing. I found that this time she was already thinking of what to draw in respect to that theme. I find this interesting because it shows she had continued to think about the concept between our earlier drawings and now.
The way we collaborated was interesting here too. She began by drawing the figure (1) in pen and also the sun (4). I then mimicked the figure (2) and proceeded to colour all three figures. She became interested in this and as I worked on those figures she added figures (5) (6) and (7), and she also coloured them. We had some spoken dialogue while she drew these extra details in.
The next morning we talked about this image a bit more. She told me more information about the scenario. I see that this drawing allowed this discussion to happen as it gave both of us visual information to point to and look at and refer to in our conversation. This is more effective than trying to re-ignite a conversation with her the next day, from memory."
Linda this reflection is so helpful in understanding what to record about the collaborative drawing! I have been listening to my son Felix talk a lot about friends, fairness and exclusion ("they're ignoring me...") at his long day care centre, so I might use that as a starting point for some drawing with him...
ReplyDeleteGood idea Tamara, and it's also good if you can let him lead the drawings, so that he shows you how he wants to think about it.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the way I've reflected here is not about the content or the style of the drawing, but on the method - this should always be the focus on the reflecting because we aren't recording thoughts and ideas in our papers, but how effectively drawing helps us to research.
I'll continue to post up some more reflections over the next few days
Cheers
Linda