Child builds up values through FINE arts: an exploratory study on Mauritian children

Ano: 2008 | Volume: 1 | Número: 2

Autores: Johnny Guedes de Lima FAVRE, Emilie CAROSIN

Palavras-chave: Art, cooperation, development, child, education, values, citizenship

Resumo Inglês:

This socio-constructivist research aims at enlightening the relationship between fine arts and the building up of values. Based on the theory of “child build up values” elaborated by Johnny Favre (1997), stipulating that values are built up through a structural- isomorphism in relation with the cognitive development and the moral development, we organized an art workshop in Mauritius, for seven children, aged 10 to 11 years old, coming from a deprived environment. With the help of systematic observation, we have been able to show that there is a relationship between the children’s participation
in the art workshop and the building up of values.