Journal article
The Arts as a Venue for Developmental Science: Realizing a Latent Opportunity
Child development, v 88(5), pp 1505-1512
Sep 2017
PMID: 28626921
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Children in all cultures readily engage in artistic activities, yet the arts (dance, drama, drawing, and music) have traditionally been marginal topics in the discipline of developmental science. We argue that developmental psychologists cannot afford to ignore such naturalistic activities that involve so many basic phenomenaattention, engagement, motivation, emotion regulation, understanding of others, and so on. Despite historical issues with research methodologies and overdrawn conclusions, a current wave of methodologically rigorous studies shows the depth of arts learning, as well as how arts engagement can be harnessed for transfer to other skills. Here, we present 21 exemplary research case studies, covering an age range of 18months to 17years old and discuss how the arts are no more difficult to study than other real-world developmental phenomena and deserve a thorough examination.
The title for this Special Section is Bringing Developmental Science into the World, edited by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Rachel Grob, and Mark Schlesinger
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- Title
- The Arts as a Venue for Developmental Science: Realizing a Latent Opportunity
- Creators
- Thalia R. Goldstein - George Mason UniversityMatthew D. Lerner - Stony Brook UniversityEllen Winner - Boston College
- Publication Details
- Child development, v 88(5), pp 1505-1512
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Arts Connection Alan Alda Fund for Communication John Templeton Foundation 381283 / Simons Foundation (SFARI) Brian A. Wright Memorial Autism Research Fund DRL-0815588 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Health Innovation at Adelphi University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000409182100010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85020536132
- Other Identifier
- 991021862286404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental
- Psychology, Educational